sjar Chapter 1218 Even that old scoundrel has learned bad habits from Yang the Madman!
Chapter 1218 Even that old scoundrel has learned bad habits from Yang the Madman!
Yang Shaofeng looked at the black sesame dumplings with the kind of care one would give to someone with intellectual disabilities.
"I never leave the house, do you think your sister would believe me if you said I went to a brothel?"
"Besides, if you dare say I went to a brothel, are you sure I won't say you took me there?"
"Once I've calmed your sister down, are you sure she won't tell the Chang family girl that you went there too?"
"..."
Suddenly, the black sesame dumpling felt like there was something wrong with its ears.
Otherwise, how come I could only see my brother-in-law's mouth opening and closing, but couldn't hear anything in my ears?
It took a while for the black sesame dumpling to come to its senses. It glared at Yang Shaofeng and roared, "You can't treat your brother-in-law like this!"
Yang Shaofeng rolled his eyes and snorted coldly, "Do you think you're the only one who would betray your brother-in-law like this?"
The black sesame glutinous rice balls immediately lost their spirit.
I am so silly.
Really.
Why would I provoke him when everything was fine?
Black Sesame Dumpling, questioning the meaning of life, slumped back into the recliner, looking utterly hopeless, and said, "Then what do you suggest we do?"
"You pushed the industrial and agricultural affairs onto my father, but I can't leave that huge mess in the court to him, can I?"
"If I really dared to do that, I don't know what would happen to my dad, but my mom would definitely not let us off the hook."
Upon hearing that the black sesame dumplings mentioned Empress Ma, Yang Shaofeng immediately lost his nerve.
Yang Shaofeng wasn't afraid of Lao Deng, but he felt particularly guilty in front of his mother-in-law.
After a long while, Yang Shaofeng said with a dark face, "Actually, there is no such thing as a mess in the court."
“That old scoundrel Yang Siyi has plenty of capable men under his command. They are better at calculating tax rates than anyone else. The reason they submit memorials every few days is twofold: first, to make things difficult for people, and second, because the formulation of tax rates and tax rules involves the ‘Great Ming Code,’ and Yang Siyi and his men need the cabinet to help coordinate with the Ministry of Justice.”
"It's easy to talk to Wang Guangyang. He's the same as Chen Mo and Hu Weiyong; they're all just involved in land acquisition and personnel issues."
“Land occupation is easy to deal with. As long as sufficient compensation is given, the people will give him as much land as he is willing to take.”
"The main reason they submitted the memorial was because of the standards for land compensation—this also involved the 'Great Ming Code' and the national treasury, and they needed the cabinet's help to coordinate between the cabinet and the Ministry of Justice."
"As long as you find the right people and get them together, these problems are no big deal at all."
"Manpower... we can't conjure up manpower right now, but we can find a way to replace manpower with machines. We can pass this on to Dengzhou University."
"As for the more people that machines replace, the faster the industrialization process will be... isn't that something my father-in-law can do about?"
Black sesame dumplings stared blankly at Yang Shaofeng.
So?
You insist on keeping things to yourself, even though they could be explained and arranged in just a few words, until we both suffer heavy losses.
Having a brother-in-law like you is truly my blessing!
Just as Heizhima Tangyuan was about to make a few sarcastic remarks, Xia Yu hurriedly ran to the Prince Consort's residence, cupped his hands and bowed to Heizhima Tangyuan and Yang Shaofeng, saying, "Your Highness, Prince Consort, urgent report from the northern desert. I heard that after Marquis Chongli led his troops on a northern expedition, the false emperor of Hu Yuan, Ayushiridara, was so angry that he vomited blood. It seems that it will be within the next few days."
What is that?
Ayushiridara was so angry that he vomited blood and was on the verge of death.
Black sesame dumpling was stunned for a moment, then looked at Yang Shaofeng and asked, "What should we do?"
Yang Shaofeng had lost count of how many times he had rolled his eyes today.
What to do?
“We can’t shoulder such a heavy burden by ourselves. Of course, we should go to the Qianqing Palace and then call on the Duke of Han and the Marquis of Chengyi to discuss it.”
Upon arriving at the Qianqing Palace, and after summoning Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, Xue Xiang, and others, the group immediately felt somewhat flustered.
Almost everyone was secretly cursing Yang Xian, Liao Yongzhong, and Liu Dingbei—if it weren't for that bastard Yang Xian fooling that big idiot Liao Yongzhong into sinking Han Lin'er, the Ming Dynasty could have inherited the legal system of the Song Dynasty.
If it weren't for that big idiot Liu Dingbei running off to the grasslands to raid the nests and drive away the horses, Ayushiridara wouldn't have been so angry that he vomited blood.
Inheriting the legal system of the Yuan Dynasty, the last emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, Ayushiridara, was so angered by the Marquis of Chongli of the Ming Dynasty that he vomited blood. These two factors combined even affected his plans for the Northern Expedition!
While cursing inwardly, Li Shanchang said with a dark face, "In my opinion, we should first send someone to inform the Duke of Wei and the Duke of E to temporarily halt the actions against Hu Yuan."
"Secondly, someone should be sent to inform Marquis Chongli that even if he is unwilling to attend Ayushiridara's funeral, he should at least stop raiding nests and driving horses. He cannot bear the infamy of forcing his father to his death."
"Furthermore, once Ayushiridara dies, the court will have to send envoys to offer condolences, and at the very least, they will have to give an account to the historians."
Li Shanchang's face was ashen, and Xue Xiang's was no better—if Ayushiridara had truly died of anger, sending someone to offer condolences would indeed be the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites!
After a long silence, Xue Xiang said with a dark and sour face, "Let Bei Kong send people to offer condolences. After all, Bei Kong was the Duke Yansheng who was conferred the title by Hu Yuan. Letting them offer condolences can be considered as fulfilling their feelings for their former master."
As Xue Xiang finished speaking, the entire Qianqing Palace fell into silence.
That was really vulgar!
The key point is that the Ming Dynasty inherited the legal system of the Yuan Dynasty, so it was legally correct to send people from the Northern Kong to offer condolences!
Tsk tsk, even that old scoundrel Xue has been corrupted by Yang the Madman!
Seeing everyone looking at Xue Xiang and then at himself, Yang Shaofeng was furious.
Xue Xiang is a wicked old man; what does that have to do with me?
Also, don't you guys feel that there's something to say about the Ming Dynasty?
The black sesame glutinous rice balls are a joke in themselves, and yet you still expect Liu Dingbei to fulfill his filial duties.
Zhu Laosi treated his good nephew with utmost sincerity, yet he still had the audacity to demand that someone in the Timurid Khanate maintain a harmonious relationship with his uncle.
And you all, now you all look down on Hu Yuan, but when you were using Hu Yuan's name to covet the Khanates of Timur and Kipchak, you didn't look down on Hu Yuan at all!
Yang Shaofeng grew angrier the more he thought about it, and couldn't help but say sarcastically, "It's good to study. You have to study, otherwise you can't say such high-sounding words as Minister Xue."
Xue Xiang snorted coldly and said, "Just tell me if you want to see Bei Kong send someone to offer condolences to Ayushiridara!"
Yang Shaofeng replied without hesitation, "Yes!"
I not only want to watch it, I love watching it!
After honestly stating his "thought," Yang Shaofeng's eyes darted around, and he looked at Li Shanchang, saying, "In Han Guogong's opinion, what should we do about Marquis Chongli? What if he chooses to go to the funeral, but is detained by Wang Baobao or simply killed by him..."