The most arrogant in history

Chapter 676 It’s just right to be a savage.

Old Xue chuckled and bowed to Xie Baochan: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for having such a big mouth..."

Xie Baochan glared:

"Forget it, take good care of the children's hygiene from now on. I'll send someone to keep an eye on you. If I find the children dirty again, I'll have someone burn down your doghouse and drive you to the mountains to be a savage! Anyway, you don't care about anything, so being a savage is fine!"

Everyone laughed.

Ye Kun couldn't help but smile and said seriously:

"Old Xue, I see that your life is not easy. How about this, come with me to Zhuo County, I will support your family and arrange for the children to go to school. What do you think?"

Old Xue bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I am almost fifty years old and I won't live for many more years. We have finally settled down, so let's live here. As for the children, they will have their own blessings, so don't worry about them.

Besides, there is no war now, the weather is good, and the harvest is abundant. Why should we worry that they will starve to death in the future?"

Ye Kun nodded: "Everyone has their own aspirations. I won't force you. I'll leave you a hundred taels of silver. You can renovate the house, buy some furniture, and arrange for the children to go to school.

One hundred taels is not much, just enough for you to spend. I have plenty of money, but I am afraid that if I give you too much, it will make the children lazy and corrupt their character in the future."

Old Xue waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I don't want a penny. My family has saved two taels of silver. If you don't believe me, I'll show it to you."

"No, you must accept this hundred taels. This is my military order. Anyone who disobeys it will be executed."

Ye Kun left the silver and said to Guo Ping: "Every household in the village should give ten taels of silver. Otherwise, everyone will envy Old Xue, which will ruin the relationship between neighbors."

"Your Majesty has made very good considerations." Guo Ping nodded.

Ye Kun said goodbye and said to Lao Xue: "If you have any difficulties in life in the future, go to the local officials. You are a disabled retired soldier, you should have a pension or tax reduction."

Old Xue smiled and said, "I am disabled and do not have to do labor service, but I still have to pay taxes every year, according to the area of ​​land. Recently, the court has been gracious and exempted the tax of five acres of land for each of the three girls, which makes things much easier."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Then I'm relieved. You old man, live well. Maybe in a few years, I'll come to Yizhou and have a drink with you again!"

Old Xue laughed: "If the emperor says so, then I will live another hundred years and wait for the emperor! By then, I will have many children and grandchildren, and I will let them all kowtow to the emperor!"

Ye Kun also laughed and got into the car and left.

Xie Baochan smiled at Ye Kun and said, "Your Majesty, Old Xue does have a good backbone, but he is a little sloppy."

Ye Kun nodded: "Sloppy habits can be changed, but the spine is always the spine, a straight spine!"

Seeing Lao Xue today, Ye Kun was particularly happy as he was meeting an old friend.

I returned to the city in the evening, took a shower and had a good sleep.

The next morning, Ye Kun inspected the city and its surroundings.

There is no plan or rules. I just go wherever I want.

Guo Ping was overwhelmed by Ye Kun's random inspection, and he followed behind him, wandering around like a headless fly.

The local officials in Bazhong were even more trembling with fear, fearing that Ye Kun would find out something.

Ye Kun saw this and said to the officials in Bazhong:

"My Lords, a gentleman is open and honest, while a villain is always worried. As officials, we just need to do our best and have a clear conscience. There are some things that we have not done well or even done wrong, but it doesn't matter. As long as it is not done with subjective malice, or corruption or extortion, the court can forgive it.

Governing a country is like fighting a war. We must allow for some small mistakes and failures. Only by admitting mistakes and correcting them, and summarizing experiences and lessons, can we make governance better and better. "

Everyone nodded in unison: "Your Majesty is absolutely right."

After staying in Bazhong for three days, Ye Kun went to Deyang.

Before leaving, Ye Kun identified several corrupt officials based on Gongsun Erniang's secret report and handed them over to the Ministry of Justice for investigation.

Several honest officials were also praised.

Go to Deyang and take the water route.

In this way, Jiang Yourong and others will feel more comfortable.

The governor of Deyang County took his officials and went out of the city to welcome him.

Wei Caiqin's elder brother, Wei Ning, the eldest son of Jingzhou at that time, was living in Deyang for his retirement, and he also brought his entire family to welcome the emperor.

Ye Kun looked at Wei Ning and said with a smile: "Brother Wei, the handsome and dashing young master of Jingzhou has grown old now. Twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye. Time is unforgiving."

Wei Ning was a handsome guy back then.

He has a slender figure and a noble look.

Although he is not good at scheming and fighting, and cannot defeat his second brother, his appearance is really amazing.

Ye Kun was also a gigolo back then, but in front of the eldest son of Jingzhou, he still felt inferior.

Unfortunately, Wei Ning now has a beer belly, gray hair, and a greasy face. He is no longer the peerless young man he used to be.

Wei Ning clasped his fists and said with a smile: "It's just that I'm old, and the emperor is in his prime, and his complexion is better than that of a young man!"

"Haha, thank you for the compliment, Brother Wei."

Ye Kun got off his horse, took Wei Ning's hand, and went into the city together: "Brother, we haven't seen each other for many years. Let's get drunk today."

Guo Ping smiled and said, "The Emperor is going to the Prince of Jing's Mansion. Should we go with him?"

"Governor Guo, please do as you please. I will talk to the officials in Deyang tomorrow morning."

"According to the order."

Guo Ping nodded and took the Deyang officials to do his own thing.

Wei Ning was conferred the title of King of Jing and lived in the King of Jing's Mansion, and was considered a wealthy and noble guest in the world.

When he moved from Changsha, Wei Ning gave his army of more than 10,000 people to Ye Kun, but he left a large amount of wealth. He could not say that he was as rich as a country, but he still had tens of thousands of taels of gold.

After Changsha was recaptured by Ye Kun, two private luxury houses were retained for the Wei family. They are now rented out and the rent is quite considerable.

When Wei Caiqin saw her eldest brother, she was filled with mixed feelings of sadness and joy, and stayed by his side all the time.

When they arrived at Prince Jing's mansion, Wei Ning's wives and concubines all came to pay their respects to Ye Kun, Jiang Yourong and Wei Caiqin.

Over the years, in addition to studying and taking care of his old age, Wei Ning also married several wives and concubines and had a bunch of children, contributing to the population prosperity of China.

As an aunt, Wei Caiqin was surrounded by dozens of nephews and nieces, and was dazzled for a moment.

Ye Kun drank a cup of tea and visited the Prince of Jing's Mansion.

The palace covers an area of ​​twelve acres and has many buildings, but they are not luxurious and are mainly tiled houses.

The land in front and back was used as a vegetable garden and a flower garden, where some toon trees, camphor trees, and other fruit trees were planted.

There are about thirty farmhands in the house, and they look quite energetic.

Ye Kun asked: "Brother Wei, do you have enough money?"

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I have enough money."

Wei Ning nodded and said, "Thanks to the grace of the emperor, I have 1,200 acres of fertile land, tax-free, so my descendants can have no worries about food and clothing. My wife and I also receive salaries from the court, how can we eat it all?

Usually, I also help some of the villagers nearby, and occasionally donate to local schools and hospitals, so as to do my part for the court."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Brother Wei has been taught since childhood, and he has inherited the legacy of the former governor Wei."

Wei Dingshan and Gongsun Zhang back then were considered benevolent and righteous among the princes of the world.

Xiahou Chang and Xiao Dequan, one was a scoundrel and the other a brutal man, were far inferior to Wei Dingshan in terms of elegance, integrity and righteousness.

The food and drinks are ready.

Wei Caiqin asked everyone to chat while eating.

After three rounds of drinking, Ye Kun suddenly thought of the second son Wei Kang and asked casually, "Wei Kang... is he still alive?"

"What's the difference between a beast like this, alive or dead?"

Wei Ning became excited, his eyes turned red:

"My father was angered to death by this beast. If it weren't for this beast's betrayal, we in Jingzhou could have joined forces with the emperor at that time and conquered Jiangdong two years earlier. We could also have pacified the Central Plains two years earlier.

Because of this stupid beast, the emperor had to fight for two more years, causing great losses. "

Back then, the second son Wei Kang was indeed a person who made people hate him so much that they gritted their teeth!

As Wei Ning said, if it weren't for Wei Kang, Ye Kun could have unified the world two years earlier.

Fighting two years less of war would save tens of thousands of families, tens of millions of lives, and countless social wealth.

Wei Caiqin's eyes were red as she whispered:

"Brother, my second brother has been put under house arrest, and it's been so many years. Just calm down."