After Man Gu unconsciously emphasized that "it's normal for the general's fire chief to stay here or live in the same tent while marching", Yuan was completely cut off.
Hua's father and Hua's mother have long accepted the fact that "my daughter is still a general in the war", but they have never seen it before, and their cruelty and worries have been controlled to a minimum. Please take this as a taboo, forcing yourself not to think about it or ask about it.
But once the real facts are in front of you, you can imagine the impact Huamu suffered. After all, Hua’s father is a man who has been in the army. He knows what will happen in the military tent and what will happen on the battlefield. He has already realized the cruelty of his daughter’s joining the army, but for Hua’s mother, that distant place is like something in another world. It just happened to fall on the head of his daughter.
Therefore, after Hua Mulan was released from her armor and returned to the field, Hua Mulan would be so active in talking to her and caring about her future, precisely because she hadn't realized what kind of life Hua Mulan experienced.
Coming back in this life, He Mulan has changed a lot of Mulan's life trajectory, and Hua's parents and Hua's mother understood in advance what "joining the army for her father" means, and it is also the consequence of the butterfly's wings flapping.
As for whether the consequences were good or bad, He Mulan didn't know.
After a while, He Mulan took (protected?) Di Ye to the court smoothly. The flower mother was asked by the flower father and Hua Mutuo, the little angel of the flower family, who supported her back to the room.
"Am I scary?" Di Yefei kept touching his face along the way, "Or is my aunt mistaking me for..."
He opened his mouth, but he couldn't say the words "Chong Ji".
"Oh, you'll know after a long time. My grandmother is a woman who likes to make a fuss. Please don't take it to heart." He Mulan casually said, "Whoever appears in my room, she will do that."
"It turns out that..."
Di Yefei wisely didn't ask what would happen to "who appeared", so he changed the subject: "What are you going to do with what Mr. said to us yesterday?"
"That's why I said I had to enter the palace early." He Mulan sighed, "Cui Taichang seems to be looking for you to send a message to me in name, but in fact, he is looking for me to send a message to His Majesty. I never consider any position or plot. Now, it is natural to go to His Majesty to discuss it in advance. You will follow me and go to His Majesty first."
Di Yefei was very surprised to hear that.
Because He Mulan said "Let's go to His Majesty", it was as simple as going to the house to find a woman.
At this moment, he completely understood why Cui Hao said that Hua Mulan was "a person who can shake His Majesty".
This gap made Di Yefei better understand how far apart he was from He Mulan, and even made him a little frustrated.
He Mulan was a big and transformed person, so he couldn't notice Di Yefei's lowness at all. The two rode their horses to the gate of the palace. At this time, the gate of the palace had not yet opened, and a group of civil and military officials were standing outside the gate waiting for the great court. Some people saw He Mulan and Di Yefei coming together and came up to say hello. Several family members who were friends with He Mulan even directly ridiculed the "family like a city" of the Hua family yesterday, lamenting that there was no woman of suitable age for marriage in the family.
He Mulan was teased by this group of adults, so he had to quickly find an egret official at the gate of the palace to pass the message, asking him to go to Su He-jun, and tell him and Di Yefei's request to see His Majesty.
During this period, Su and Jun were also forced to marry at home, and the quarrel was spent in the palace every day, so He Mulan was sure that he would be able to see Tuoba Tao earlier.
"The Guard is Here"
Sure enough, in just a few moments, a few people came to the palace in a hurry, opened the palace door early, and flew in with He Mulan and Di Ye.
The officials waiting at the gate of the palace waited until He Mulan and Di Yefei went out of sight, and then began to whisper in groups.
"Have you seen it? The favor he received is really enviable." An old minister sighed in a sour tone, "Your Majesty is a young man, and now I don't like seeing the faces of us old men!"
"Liu Shijun is really humble. Your Majesty called you into the palace a few days ago to stay for half the night. Who doesn't know how much your Majesty holds you..." A young official quickly appeased, "A general like Hua Mulan, who can fight in war, is very close to the envoy. In this way, there is still a difference between the ministers who govern the country.”
Since ancient times, civil and military blind dates, Abu, since ancient times, civil and military have been despised. After listening to this, the old minister surnamed Liu really relaxed a lot, and nodded proudly: "That's right, running a country is not the same as going into battle, they are just running crazy. Ye Ma, we are the ones who brought Mara back. But Hua Mulan is considered stable among young people. What is the purpose of entering the palace in such a hurry?"
"This... there might be something important."
Compared with a mature and prudent minister like Liu Shangshu, more officials cared about He Mulan being able to receive an audience quickly and Tuoba Tao's early opening of the palace gate for him.
Earlier, there was news from the palace, saying that when Tuoba Tao went out to inspect the palace, he first stopped at He Mulan's house, and he went out under the protection of He Mulan.
This is not just "honored" as simple as that. Many of the senior officials in the DPRK have passed the age of fifty. In this age when the age of fifty has almost entered the coffin, it is normal for the old group to retire and return to their hometowns one after another. After all, not everyone can be like Luojie. To be over a hundred years old.
Then the next time will be the middle-aged officials headed by Cui Hao and the young generals like Hua Mulan. The old man seeks the country, and the boxing is afraid of the young.
No matter how much speculation they have, they are not directly witnessed by their own eyes. Some ministers even contemplate in their hearts whether they should join the members of the "Wen Ting Ruo Shi". After all, although there are no daughters at home, most of them have nieces and granddaughters. Relatives who don't have five clothes are all family members, aren't they
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When He Mulan was led into the hall by Su Hejun, he did not expect that there were other people in the hall.
In addition to Tuoba Tao, who was already fully dressed and waiting for the court, there were also Gu Bi, Helian Ding, and Li Shun, Duke Pingji, whom He Mulan had met several times, and others in the hall.
Li Shun and Cui Hao are related by marriage, so when Di Yefei came in, he nodded slightly to Di Yefei, as a gesture of affection to him. Di Yefei naturally did not dare to neglect, and bowed to him across the crowd.
Li Shun was the chief envoy to Beiliang soon after. His family has three generations. He is proficient in Xiongnu, Lushuihu, Xianbei and Chinese. Cool, but he is not an important member of the imperial court, so it is really surprising that these few people are gathered together.
What is even more surprising is that now so many people are gathered around the hall, listening carefully to the description of a young man, and even unwilling to be distracted to see who has come in.
Of course, Tuoba Tao knew who had come in, so he pointed to a spot in the hall and asked Su Hejun to stand there with He Mulan and Di Yefei.
Because when they entered the hall, they only saw the back of the young man, and the voice of the hall was distorted, so He Mulan hardly recognized who this young man was at first.
But when she calmed down, she immediately understood who was speaking, and she twisted her neck in horror, looking sideways at the speaker.
It was none other than the current head of the Yuan family, Yuan Fang, who was forced into the capital because of a crime.
"... There is no salary in the DPRK, but officials have never starved to death. Why? Because every time when taxes are collected, people are often forced to make fake loans, and merchants take profits and take a share. Table. Every time since the hectares, the people are forced to take out loans. The wealthy and big businessmen should shoot the rituals. In ten days, the winnings will be increased by ten times. Yu Fongnei; the door to the rich and wealthy is growing day by day. Humanity is the master of Wubi who robs the population, but he does not know the pain of creating households. The suffering is unbearable.
(Translation: There is no salary in the DPRK, but officials have never been starved to death. Why? Because every time it comes time to collect taxes, the people can’t pay the taxes, and they don’t want to go to jail, so officials are there to bail them out. Because the common people first 'loan' to the wealthy, and then get the interest, both the government and the wealthy businessmen have income. The most important thing for the governor to manage the common people is the tax, so when the tax is collected every year, the tax is collected in this way, and the tax is absolutely No less. People borrowed such 'usurious loans', and in ten days, they can turn their profits to more than ten times. This kind of huge profits are shared by officials and businessmen, so farmers are poor, hungry and cold, and rich. People are getting richer and richer. Everyone says that the Lord Wubi and the state robbed the population and turned the people into yin households. Lord Wubi left behind to protect him, but he just followed the trend.)
Gu Bi is in charge of the country's tax revenue. Although there is no salary in the DPRK, the state will reward officials at all levels during festivals and victories, which are similar to salary.
When the treasury is tense, there are naturally no rewards, but in the past few years, there have been great victories every year. In addition, the taxes collected by the state capitals and localities are particularly good every year, and the treasury is abundant, so there are many rewards.
But neither Gu Bi nor Tuoba Tao knew how this tax was collected!
It's because of "fake loans"! ! !
Gu Bi was the first to look bad, so he pressed Yuan Fang directly: "You said that people's taxes are all collected in this way, so why haven't the common people sued the government? Since His Majesty ascended the throne, there has never been a lawsuit about fake loans!"
Hearing this, Yuan Fang laughed ironically.
It can be seen that he is definitely not going to end up in the name of "rebellion", so he has no hope for the whole world, and there is no cover in his speech.
"This envoy, if the people can sue the officials, how can it be called 'collaboration between officials and businessmen'? Which state capital in the world does not need to collect taxes? Who would do such a self-defeating job? If you are The prefectural officials of the one government cannot collect taxes, so the loss of officials is small, and other officials at all levels have no income, and it is normal to kill monks. You may wish to check the county magistrate in Liulin. Now, what will happen in the end!"
When Gu Bi heard the last sentence, he looked at Tuoba Tao as if he had been hit with a stick.
Tuoba Tao wiped his face. In fact, there was no sweat on his face, but the shock in his heart was enough to see from his actions.
"It's ridiculous that you still asked me to ask me about the 'system of the three chiefs'. In my opinion, whether you are the third chief or the suzerain's guardian, you are all fishing out of the water, and there is no difference in essence. , I can't say that I can still live under the supervision of the suzerain, and the three chiefs have three more layers of exploitation, and they can't live anymore."
Yuan Fang sighed, and then began to say with an expression that was very reluctant to say it, but was forced to say:
"Yin households still have the suzerainty under the control of the suzerain. If there is a turmoil under the three chiefs, I am afraid that a large number of people who cannot pay the fake loan will abandon their land and flee their homeland, or they will continue to become refugees and the suzerain, or they will harm the place and become a bandit. The people, infringing on the people, corvée from time to time, and violating the officials/violence, these are the most terrifying problems. Compared with these, the suzerain is really much more lovely.”
He Mulan remembered the county magistrate who used "destroying the Buddha" to rob people and the homes of the rich, and even forced countless families to die.
It was only the magistrate of a county, and he was able to force several people who were already prefects at the time to have an accident, which shows how huge the local power is.
What Tuoba Tao thought of was Wang Jin, who had just become the prefect of Chang'an. He was able to scour so much wealth in such a short period of time. It was probably polite to say that he was "treachery/violence of officials".
"Then in your opinion, how can we change the law to solve this problem?"
Tuoba Tao leaned down in an unpredictable and deeply oppressive posture, and looked at Yuan Fang without blinking.
He Mulan had seen this posture many times before, and the old officials present were also familiar with it. Whenever Tuoba Tao wanted his ministers to give him accurate and useful insights, he would appear in this state of urgency.
However, Yuan Fang just blinked, spread his hands and said:
"How do I know? Your Majesty should discuss it upwards."
He Mulan and Di Yefei originally listened to the long talk and the sleepy worm who woke up early and fell asleep, but because of Yuan Fang's rogue remarks, they ran away all at once.
Not only He Mulan and Di Yefei, but also Gu Bi and Li Shun showed a choked expression of "Oh, the air is suddenly gone", and they didn't even breathe.
And Helian Ding, who was listening quietly, bared his teeth, showing a very funny expression, and then he did smile.
The muffled laughter spread from the hall, making people even more irritable. Who else dares to be so presumptuous now, probably only He Mulan, who has always been trusted by Tuoba Tao, and Helianding, who is more favored than the harem concubine.
He Mulan was not a frivolous person, but Helianding's life seemed to have been picked up, which made him more wanton and self-centered.
Tuoba Tao tried his best to take three or four deep breaths before he could resist the urge to beat Yuan Fang to death. He pinched the edge of the dragon's case with his five fingers and said in a suppressed voice, "Do you think I didn't discuss it before? Wait a minute? You will know that when you go to court, compared with what they say, yours is simply a 'high opinion'!"
Yuan Fang inherited his father's madness to a certain extent, because he was able to smile, which made his already round face more amiable: "But I am a sect master. How can your majesty ask the sect master what to do? How to deal with the suzerain?"
A crazy sense of revenge rose in his heart.
They were the ones who forced the father who only wanted to be a suzerain to go crazy, thus destroying the Yuan clan.
It was these generations of people who could not even govern the country well, that created the "suzerain", a person who was neither an official nor a gentry.
Obviously they protected the peace of the place, obviously they resisted the pressure from the outside world, just because these people who couldn't even govern the country closed their eyes and only imagined the world in their hearts, and regarded them as the cause of the present. The reason for the chaos!
"Because the Yuan family owes so many lives."
The resounding sentence suddenly exploded in Yuan Fang's ears like the sky was cracking, causing him to panic.
The smug, sly face just now turned pale.
He Mulan, who was silent and didn't say anything, suddenly stepped forward and said seriously to Yuan Fang: "Think of so many people in the tunnel, if Yuanjia Wubi is really just, why are there so many grievances? If other Wubi are just, then why are you worried every day? You were born in Wubao, you should know how desperate and panic the people who entered Wubao are. In this case, it accommodates so many people Why did the Wubi of Wubi still have nothing when he came out of Wubi? Do you think this is a kind of justice?"
Every word of He Mulan's words turned Yuan Fang's face from white to red.
"Your Majesty is really asking this question because you know that this matter is not benevolent and righteous. At this moment, Your Majesty is not asking you this question because you want to deal with the suzerain, but because you don't want any more people to be displaced. If this is the case. If it is not a kind of benevolence, what is benevolence and righteousness?”
He Mulan held her breath, and attacked Yuan Fang like a series of arrows: "It is true that once no people are displaced, Wubi will naturally collapse, but do you think your life imprisoned in Wubi is meaningful? Did the deceased head of the Yuan family ever set foot on the great rivers and mountains in his life? Don't you regret that your life for more than 20 years has been so poor and empty?"
"You yourself said that the Yuan family is a cage, but now you are worried about the cage. What are you proud of? You really forgot about the retribution!"
Yuan Fang raised his head and looked at He Mulan, who made a generous speech, incredulously, with blue veins on his face and shouting unwillingly: "Then what do you want from me? I'm just a countryman who honors his father and brother, does business, and lives in Wubi. That's all! Just ten years ago, I was still a native of Song! How can I answer the questions that so many ministers in the court can't answer? I don't even know why Wei has no salary or copper coins. How do I know about you? Why the tax? How can we stop this from happening?"
"Although I am the suzerain, I haven't even managed Wu Bi, and the Yuan family is gone! I didn't know I was so great!"
"Then think about it and do it!" Tuoba Tao interrupted Yuan Fang's words and sat back on the throne with a relaxed attitude. "How long do you think I'll be sitting in this seat, and how long can I sit?"
"His Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, you are talking nonsense again!"
Li Shun and Gu Bi hurriedly opened their mouths to stop him.
"Don't you think that what I said is unlucky, how can a person's lifespan be decided by a person? Maybe I will die in the battlefield in the next moment, and maybe I will collapse after a serious illness, so I am in power. Every day is spent as the last day. The problem you are talking about is not a problem that I know can’t be solved in one day? But to sweep the Central Plains and clean up the government, didn’t my ancestors do it? Can't do it? Zheng Rouran and Ping Hu Xia, didn't that start with 'I want to do'?"
"My ancestors all graze on the grasslands, but I am the emperor! Do I have to be an emperor before I dare to think about how to make this country better and bigger? If so, I would rather everyone be emperor!"
"Your Majesty, you are talking nonsense again!"
"My God!"
Gu Bi showed an expression of fainting, while Li Shun was already supporting the pillar in the hall.
"Gu Shizhong, don't train me again!" Tuoba Tao saw that Gu Bi was about to start a long speech again, and quickly stretched out his hand to stop him from speaking. Then he turned his head and continued to ask Yuan Fang.
"Whether it is atonement or unwilling, ask yourself, you are such a good man, what have you left behind in this world! I can shout to the sky and the history book, 'I have been here', and you Yuan Fang will stay The name of the next rebellion!"
Tuoba Tao's shouts echoed throughout the hall. This was originally designed to increase the majesty of the king, but now he is faithfully implementing his mission, at least everyone was shocked.
No matter how precocious Yuan Fang is, he is still a young man in his twenties. His precociousness is nothing more than the sophistication that has been infiltrated by doing business abroad all year round. Every boy hides the "hero dream" and "fame dream" in his heart never retreated in their hearts.
A person like Xiang He Mulan who was born with no ambition is very rare among people in this era, because only ambition is the root of human progress!
In front of a natural orator like Tuoba Tao, this sophisticated young man was actually said to be warm-hearted, and he shouted with a stubborn neck on the spot:
"Who doesn't want Qing Shi to leave his name!"
"Then what's your opinion!"
Tuoba Tao took the opportunity to ask questions.
"Of course it costs money first... eh?"
Wait, something doesn't seem right.
I just made up my mind not to open my mouth
Yuan Fang was suddenly startled and looked up at the king on the throne.
Oh shit! I got scammed!