boyutpedia Chapter 206 Rights
Chapter 206 Rights
However, Shen Zhiyi still wouldn't let him off the hook.
[Haha, although the youngest son of the Minister of Revenue is quite unruly, to be fair, he does have a good talent for painting.]
So last night, after seeing my dad's naked bottom, I got a loving lecture and then went home and drew a picture of him.
Shen Zhiyi clutched her stomach, laughing silently.
[System, please bring up that painting so I can take a look. By the way, could you print it out?]
[Host, there are absolutely no problems.]
The Minister of Revenue was in a hurry.
There's a problem, a very big problem.
It's just a household registration, it's just a matter of establishing a separate household for women, it's not a big deal.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report."
If he doesn't play the instrument soon, he'll lose face not only within the entertainment industry.
He was absolutely certain that Shen Zhiyi would take a picture of him naked and scatter it all over the streets; she was capable of doing it!
The old emperor was laughing heartily when he heard the Minister of Revenue's voice. He quickly pinched his face, which was stiff from laughing, and said seriously, "Speak."
"Your Majesty, I would like to speak about the household registration system."
The Minister of Revenue did not directly mention female households at the beginning, but instead stated how much the population of Daye had increased in the past year, how many households there were in total, and so on.
The conversation then turned to the Jiangnan region.
Because a disaster occurred in Jiangnan, resulting in many deaths, this was the most appropriate opportunity.
"Your Majesty, in the Jiangnan region, families that are shown to have no heirs actually still have women alive, yet they are still hastily judged as having no heirs."
The old emperor went along with it, saying, "Didn't I say that if there is only one woman left in a household, she can establish a separate household for women?"
"Your Majesty, this old minister is referring to a widow living with her only son, who is still an infant. How can she establish a household?"
Making a baby the head of the household is indeed quite ridiculous.
[Moreover, due to the famine in Jiangnan, many families considered selling their daughters or even consuming them. However, since the Crown Prince's arrival, many families have only voiced their intentions but haven't acted on them yet. This has already broken the bonds between daughters and parents, and wives and husbands, making it impossible for them to leave their homes. Alas, how pitiful.]
Upon hearing Shen Zhiyi sighing and complaining, the entire court shuddered.
Many court officials stepped forward and began to discuss the difficulties that women would encounter in establishing their own households.
Suddenly, the ministers in the court seemed to have changed their ways.
The old emperor didn't want Shen Zhiyi to keep nagging about a deputy general's wife all day long, so he said...
"Here's what I'll do. Issue my decree that as long as the husband's family or the father's family agrees, a woman can establish her own household."
This gave women who were bound by constraints a slightly better path, but it was a difficult path, yet it was still a path.
"Minister of Revenue, this matter is entrusted to you."
The Minister of Revenue knew what the old emperor was referring to, accepted the decree, and withdrew.
He first went to the residence of General Wei Hu's deputy and persuaded the two to divorce in a few words.
Later, they went to the woman's family home and signed a contract in a few words agreeing to let their daughter set up her own household. Just like that, the master and servant thought that was how their lives would end, but unexpectedly, things took a turn for the better.
The woman looked up at the Minister of Revenue and was about to kneel down.
The Minister of Revenue moved aside and said in a deep voice, "You should not thank me, and I cannot say who you should thank. In short, living a good life in the future is the greatest gratitude you can give her."
"I understand."
When faced with power, many troublesome things cease to be troublesome.
Shen Zhiyi was in a great mood after learning about this.
Besides her, others were also in high spirits.
The Empress, for the first time ever, came to Yanying Hall to deliver food, which delighted the old emperor.
When the old emperor saw that all the food served was Shen Zhiyi's favorite, he was heartbroken.
But overall I'm still happy.
"Shen Zhiyi, come here."
Shen Zhiyi, who was recording the meal, did not expect that the Empress would actually call her.
She came over nervously, only to be pressed down to sit by the Empress.
"Standing there all day must be tiring, come sit down and eat."
"His Majesty is really something, he doesn't know how to be considerate of his subjects at all."
[That really hit the nail on the head. Ever since we moved, the old emperor has been squeezing every last drop of value out of me.]
The old emperor simply tossed a large chicken leg into Shen Zhiyi's bowl and said expressionlessly, "Eat."
He refused to believe that food alone couldn't shut her up.
The Empress grew to like Shen Zhiyi more and more as she looked at her.
"Your Majesty, would you like to go out and have some fun next month?"
The Empress replied without turning her head, "I'm not going. I'm too old to go through all that trouble."
The old emperor is still full of energy.
The old emperor liked to hear these words.
"Then I will go and return as soon as possible."
"Dad, I want to go too!"
The prince followed the aroma and sat down directly opposite Shen Zhiyi, grabbing a large chicken leg and taking a bite.
The old emperor frowned as he looked at the crown prince's unrefined eating habits and said, "I'll go, and you go too? Are you kidding me? You stay here to oversee the country."
The crown prince felt as if the sky had fallen.
"Father, please let my second brother..."
The crown prince swallowed his words; his second brother was obsessed with men.
"Then let Third Brother..."
The crown prince swallowed his words again; his third brother was no longer alive.
He finally pursed his lips in silence.
"Dad, what kind of children have you given birth to?"
"What, you're unhappy?"
Look at all his sons, they're all ugly and deformed. Only the crown prince is passable, he has no competitiveness at all. He's sitting firmly on the throne, anyone would be overjoyed.
The crown prince was troubled; he also wanted to continue his journey south.
[The Crown Prince is truly foolish. With the old emperor gone, it's like a tiger in the mountains, where the monkey reigns supreme. No one dares to say anything if he doesn't bathe.]
The prince's eyes lit up several times.
He said that Shen Zhiyi was his soulmate.
"Dad, you should just go and enjoy yourself. It would be best if you didn't come back for three to five years."
"Hey, you little brat, you're asking for it."
The crown prince has been confirmed to remain in charge of the country.
The Thousand Guards cannot be taken along, but the Dragon Scale Guards must be.
As for the ministers.
The old emperor sat on the dragon throne, watching one or two people volunteering themselves, saying that they were the most suitable to accompany him on his southern inspection tour of the canal.
The Minister of Works raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, I supervised the entire construction of the Grand Canal, and no one knows it better than me."
"Okay, you can come along."
The Minister of Works withdrew happily.
The Minister of Revenue's eyes lit up, and he also volunteered, but was rejected by the old emperor and left to think of ways to make money.
The Minister of Revenue withdrew in frustration.
……
[Damn, why are all the guys going? A few young, handsome ones would be a real treat for the eyes.]
Visual enjoyment is something you shouldn't neglect.
The old emperor thought it made a lot of sense, so he summoned the newly appointed Minister of Personnel.
Because the old emperor planned a different kind of southern tour, one that didn't require a large entourage, not many people ultimately made the decision.