Marquess Liang's mansion was not far from Zhang Feng's mansion. However, for special reasons, not only Fang Xuanling, but even Wei Zheng, who lived next door to Zhang Feng, did not dare to live here casually. He had not even returned to the mansion for a long time.
However, when Zhang Feng was not there, they would come back from the Furong Garden, which was originally used for cooling and handling government affairs.
As for the Hibiscus Garden, only the Emperor, the Retired Emperor, and the Princes and Dukes had the qualifications to enter and stay for a short period of time during the hot summer months.
And this qualification was just a word from the emperor.
However, because of Zhang Feng, basically, the Hibiscus Garden had already become the daily residence of the various Grand Dukes. Fortunately, the Hibiscus Garden was sufficiently large, and it was even not inferior to the Great Bright Palace.
At this time, Marquess Liang's mansion was very lively.
About ten carriages and sedans were parked at the door.
The security at the entrance was also stricter than usual.
In the living room of the mansion.
Smoke and dust had long been lingering. Cheng Yaojin and the others were sitting here neatly with their limbs spread out, smoking.
Wei Zheng was walking around in the living room with his hands behind his back, sighing from time to time.
Cheng Yaojin could not help but feel impatient.
He stared at Wei Zheng and said, "Old Man Wei, can you be quiet? Even the emperor doesn't know about it. And even if the emperor knows about it, according to that guy's nature, this thing will definitely work. What are you afraid of? "
Wei Zheng glared at Chen Yaojin angrily. Seeing that the blanket at his feet was smoking, he stepped forward angrily and stamped out the cigarette butt. He said fiercely, "Yes, yes, yes, you are not in a hurry. Have you thought about it? The autumn planting will be over in less than a month. Even if this guy has the ability to screw the heavens, can he make all the people in the Tang Dynasty use this phosphate fertilizer?"
"Besides, that guy is just talking nonsense. Have you seen the real effect of the phosphate fertilizer? What if that thing didn't work? What if they ended up with no harvest? Have you not seen Old Bull's condition before? "
"That thing can kill people!"
"What if …"
Cheng Yaojin waved his hand and glared at Wei Zheng. "What if what? Look at your son, isn't he poisoned as well? But what happened next? A few jars of vinegar and nothing will happen. Take a look at Old Fang. That old fellow has personally gone down to the ground to eat dirt. Ask him to tell you if this thing is useful or not. That piece of land is equivalent to a huge jar of vinegar. Tell me, if this thing were to go down, let's not talk about whether it would be useful or not. Just this sour thing of his would make it so that nothing would happen to the Zhuang Family, right? "
Fang Xuanling's expression was ugly. He didn't expect the two of them to quarrel and drag him into it. Most importantly, you said that Old Man eats dirt?
What did that mean?
You're cursing me, aren't you?
The more he thought about it, the more awkward he felt. Fang Xuanling stood up speechlessly and said, "Okay, okay, stop quarreling. Old Hei is right about this. Last time when I went to see Fengzi, he really compared the soil to the Zhuang Family. Your family has hundreds or even thousands of mu of fertile land. If you don't believe me, you can eat dirt in the field. Once you eat it, you'll know!"
Li Shimin was very generous.
However, because the national treasury was empty, it was difficult to reward these dukes every time he wanted to. The official rank would be full, but the reward from the national treasury was not much.
What should he do?
In the end, the Emperor and the Empress discussed in bed and immediately thought of an excellent solution!
What did they lack the most?
Land!
And it was a large piece of land. Because of the years of war, the Tang Dynasty was simply vast but sparsely populated.
Therefore, Li Shimin waved his hand.
He directly and generously rewarded them with land.
In order to show the Emperor's kindness, he rewarded them with hundreds of mu of land. If they only received a few mu of land or dozens of mu of land, they would be too stingy. Li Shimin felt that he could not afford to lose face like that.
As a result.
Although all the ministers now were looking forward to a promotion day and night, they could not do anything about it. The land in their family kept skyrocketing, but their official rank did not change at all.
His mother couldn't help but feel distressed.
It was a good thing to have more land, but it was not entirely a good thing. The tax had to be taken into account. Every year, the tax had to be paid as much as possible. Otherwise, the Emperor would be unhappy.
Therefore, the Emperor was more diligent in giving out land.
Anyway, he had a lot of land!
Moreover, the land was uncultivated. If he gave it to these people, not only could it generate income for them, but more importantly, the tax burden of his national treasury would gradually be replenished. It was simply a continuous money-making machine!
But in this way, all the ministers were worried when they heard that the Emperor was going to reward them.
How was that a reward?
It was simply increasing their burden, okay?
This thing.
Who did not have hundreds of mu of land?
Sometimes, they did not even know how much land they had. They only knew that every year, the granaries of their families did not increase by much.
That was not a big deal.
The most important thing was.
The saddest thing was.
The Emperor was still rewarding them with land!
It was really Tesco!
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