Chapter 82 When the capital of South Korea was in turmoil, the capital of Wei was covered with clouds, and the capital of Yong was waiting for danger, the capital of Qi was Linzi. Jiang He's carriage drove slowly and slowly towards his mansion in Tiandou outside the city.
Because of Jiang Ben's mediation, the King of Qi agreed with Prime Minister Tian Dou to bring several officials in charge of taxation and farming to listen to Jiang He's views.
Jiang Ben personally led people to greet Jiang He. Jiang He, wearing plain clothes and a hairpin with white flowers, headed out of the city with the guards given to her by Zongjun and Zhao Zheng.
This mansion is located next to the Zihe River. Because it was a gift from the monarch, Prime Minister Tian Dou did not dare to expand or renovate it. It retained the layout of one hall, four rooms, and double courtyards at the front and back.
Naturally, such a space could not hold too many people, so Jiang He's guards could only stay outside the mansion.
"Don't worry, sister," Jiang Ben jumped off the horse, stood in front of the carriage to greet Jiang He, and said with a smile, "Nothing will happen to our own territory and our own people."
Even so, Jiang He also encountered a situation where one of his own people poisoned the princess of Qi on the way from Qi to Yong.
She held Jiang Ben's arm and stepped out of the carriage. She hesitated for a moment and saw Zongjun coming over.
"Others can't squeeze in, but I'm so thin that I can fit in."
Zongjun saluted Jiang Ben and followed Jiang He.
Jiang Ben smiled honestly and extended his hand to invite you: "That's natural."
Walking around the screen wall, I saw a wide courtyard with southern hollies and heather trees densely planted close to the fence.
These trees are pruned to about half a person's height and look lush and green.
Jiang He and Jiang Ben walked into the hall together. Everyone looked respectful to Jiang Ben, but looked a little arrogant to Jiang He.
In their eyes, Jiang He was just the daughter of the former envoy of the State of Qi. She was proficient in the art of war and could write military secrets from that she was lucky enough to be crowned a princess by the Jin Dynasty, that was no big deal.
Governing a country does not rely on the use of military force, and insidious strategies cannot determine the rise or fall of a have been officials for half their lives, and now they have to listen to a little girl's advice, which makes them feel suffocated.
Tian Dou, the prime minister of Qi, was over fifty years old and was an old friend of Jiang He's father.
Seeing Jiang He coming, he first called her to him with a sad look on his face, gave her comforting greetings, and nodded approvingly: "Princess Anguo is very talented, and she is not inferior to women. Brother Jingping has a successor, and my uncle is very relieved."
Jingping is the name of her father Jiang of this courtesy, the other courtiers present could not help but restrain their arrogant attitude, knelt on the ground and saluted Jiang He.
Jiang He didn't talk nonsense. After returning the gift, he knelt down and spoke his thoughts straight to the point.
There are three points.
The first is to encourage the reclamation of wasteland, and those who reclaim wasteland on a certain scale will be exempted from taxes for one year; the second is to abolish the Shiqing Shilu system and encourage civilians who recommend scholars to become officials; the third is to restrict wealthy businessmen, and impose severe penalties for collusion between officials and businessmen.
After saying three o'clock, everyone was shocked.
They were surprised that Jiang He's idea was too bold, and if these three measures were implemented, they would become direct victims.
It's nothing more than a tax exemption to reward land reclamation. The money in the treasury is not their nowadays, officials in the DPRK and Central Government all inherit their father's legacy and recommend civilians as officials. What about their children?Furthermore, when it comes to collusion between officials and businessmen, which one of them is not covering a few wealthy businessmen who are amassing money? Cutting off one's wealth is like killing one's parents.
Jiang He shouldn't come to talk to them, he should talk to the the monarch had a brain attack and agreed, they would make it impossible to implement it.
In ancient times, few reformers could have a happy ending. This is the reason.
Jiang He also understood this.
"I have finished speaking." She did not use the candied snacks on the table. Seeing the shocked expressions of the ministers, she said solemnly, "These are all to boost the economy of Qi and make the market prosperous and the population increase. The rest of the details, I have written a memorial and sent it to the palace. Your Majesty will have to read it and make your own judgment."
The officials laughed and said a few harmless words, and Jiang He stood up to say goodbye.
Jiang Ben also stood up and said, "Sister, I'll see you off."
It was only about ten feet from the hall to the front door.
Jiang He and Jiang Ben walked out together, and the ministers in the hall got up to see them just as the two of them stepped out of the hall door, there was a loud noise, as if some mechanism had been triggered, and the red-painted wooden door slammed shut.
Jiang He and Jiang Ben were outside the hall, while the ministers and Zongjun, who had not yet had time to come out, were in the hall.
Jiang He suddenly raised his head and looked at the door of the house.
The screen wall blocked her view, but the sound of closing the door also sounded instantly.
"Come on!"
Jiang Ben next to him was still dazed, but Jiang He had already held his hand.
"Someone! There are assassins!"
She shouted and strode forward, her steps so fast that she could run.
Besides them, there were other people running.
Under the wall, sheltered by holly and heather, more than a dozen men in black clothes and masks held long knives and axes and chased Jiang Ben and Jiang He.
Jiang Ben drew out his sword to resist and pushed Jiang He towards the wall.
"Sister, you go!"
At a critical moment of life and death, he protected without hesitation.
With a "pop" sound, the knife in Jiang Ben's hand turned around and protected Jiang the sight of blood splattering, Jiang He saw her guards climbing over the wall and firing their crossbows, while Jiang Ben's heavy body fell on her back, so heavy that it almost crushed her.
"Sadakichi!"
Jiang He carefully lay on the ground and turned around, hugging Jiang Ben into his arms.
Jiang Ben's back was broken open by a sharp ax, and there were swords and swords piercing him.
At this critical moment, Jiang He suddenly remembered what happened when he was a child.
At that time, she felt that the most powerful person was the general, and she wanted to learn how to ride a horse and fight.
Later, my father said that there are only so many things you can do while riding a horse to fight. The most powerful person can keep the country from falling with a few words.
She thought so too, so she followed her father and learned the art of war, starting from identifying black and white chess pieces.
But now if Jiang He had to choose again, she would be willing to learn martial least this time, she didn't have to use her body to protect a young man from death.
Jiang Bi, the young master of Qi State, was not yet 15 years old.
Although he is chubby, strong, tall, and always smiles innocently, he is actually still very young.
Jiang He heard Zong Jun's roar, heard the sound of the guards killing the assassin, and also heard the sound of a knife falling towards her neck.
She did not raise her hand to block him, but leaned over to protect Jiang Ben.
Life and death matter, if her life falls today, then everything she has worked hard for will be gone.
At the last moment, Zongjun, who rushed out of the front hall, hugged the assassin's belly and fell to the ground while wrestling with him.
The guard's sword cut off the assassin's head, and the courtyard was covered with blood.
The palace was busy.
The king was furious, and the queen mother cried until she fainted. Jiang Ben was not the queen's biological child, but the queen also kept watch all night.
Although the imperial doctor sutured Jiang Ben's wound, he soon began to have a fever.
The imperial doctor said that if the fever does not go away, the person will not be able to survive.
Jiang He sat in front of Jiang Ben's hospital bed in the palace and did not leave.
He could no longer take the initiative to swallow, so the maid held his head and poured the medicine in. The medicine did not enter his throat and flowed down the corners of his lips.
Jiang Ben woke up the next day, but his high fever had not gone away and his wounds began to fester.
After looking at it, the imperial doctor suspected that it was a flashback, and did not dare to say anything, so he retreated again.
"Sadakichi."
Jiang He called his name and looked at him with Qi's sword coins hanging on the edge of the bed tent. He couldn't help crying when he remembered the first time he saw him and the words he cursed when he beat him.
"Sister," Jiang Ben responded. He reluctantly opened his eyes to glance at Jiang He, then closed his eyes weakly and said, "Let's go."
"I'm waiting for you." Jiang He said.
"Sister, at first, I just used you."
Although Jiang Ben closed his eyes, his swollen lips were open, and he slowly said what was in his heart: "Zhao Zheng likes you, so I flatter you and treat you well. At that time, I just wanted to live and return to Qi. Later I It's too greedy. I still want the people of Qi to survive. They must have known that we wanted to change the law, so they came to kill you. Sister, go ahead and leave Qi."
Jiang He's tears fell like broken beads. She shook her head and held Jiang Ben's hand without saying anything.
Jiang Ben opened his eyes and said: "Sister, if I live, I will be here. If I die, you will be outside. You and I are both the father-in-law looking after Jiang Shang. I am useless, sister, you..."
"Stop talking." Jiang He sniffed and picked up the medicine bowl on the table, "Take the medicine while you are awake."
She fed the medicinal soup into Jiang Ben's mouth, but Jiang Ben didn't spit it out this time.
If you can take medicine, that's good.
He took care of Jiang Ben for three days without taking any clothes off. On the morning of the fourth day, his fever finally subsided.
On the seventh day, Jiang Ben woke up and could eat rice soup.
Jiang He was relieved and prepared to go back home to see how his family was doing, whether Zong Jun was injured, and whether the assassin's whereabouts had been found out.
But as soon as her carriage entered the alley, she saw the palace guards standing guard all around.
The carriage stopped in front of the courtyard gate, and she walked into the courtyard.
The peach blossom tree in the yard bloomed, and a woman stood under the peach blossom.
"See you again," Queen Qi turned around and looked at Jiang He, her eyes full of murderous intent, "I want to ask you how my daughter Yu Heng died."
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(End of this chapter)