Chapter 207 Daily

Tingfang's body has no other problems except menstrual cramps. After a day's rest, it was restored. Due to her physical condition, she has intensified her exercise more than ever. Taifu has been a fictitious position since a long time ago and is not subordinate to any department, so Tingfang does not need to be ordered to work. usually gets up with Xu Jingchang, practices boxing and kicking at home for an hour before going out. When I came back in the evening, I practiced with Xu Jingchang, and the exercise time was longer than Xu Jingchang. After giving birth to Ye Han for more than a year, the muscles returned to her body, but she often asked for leave due to menstrual cramps, and Emperor Zhaoning told her thousands of instructions every time she entered the winter, so that everyone habitually thought that she was delicate and weak.

Emperor Zhaoning could consult Imperial Physician Wang, and he knew Tingfang's physical condition. It's good to have a day's pain, but then he only has a Taifu, there is no way to be so ruthless, and when he is not so busy, he usually asks Tingfang to rest at home for a few days, and then enter the palace after the menstrual period. It's rare to take a vacation, so Tingfang took her son to play at home.

Xu Qing is more than three years old, and according to Tingfang's cognition, it is time to go to kindergarten. Although there is only one child in Xu's kindergarten for the time being, Xu Qing cannot drop out. Obediently learn from various masters. Xu Qing's background is undoubtedly at the top of the pyramid, so it is easy for him to get the top education.

The concubines of the former Dingguo Gong were full of courtyards, and the main courtyard was very unhouseable, so the cross-courtyard was added. It happened to be picked up by Ting Fang to be a school, separated from the living area. The main house is a cultural classroom, where you can practice martial arts with an upside down, while the east wing is a playground and handicraft classroom, and there are also amusement facilities outside. At this time, there was no cushioning material for the stadium, so the yard was specially enclosed, and the bluestone slabs were pried open, and the soil was laid and grass planted, in case Xu Qing fell off the amusement equipment, he would not fall and be seriously injured.

The Xu family has two schools, and Ting Pei and others go to school at the back, so the East Cross Courtyard has become a pure kindergarten, and all things are designed for children. Usually when Xu Qing is in class, Ye Han often goes to the East Chamber. Today, Tingfang is at home, Ye Han sticks to Tingfang, and he doesn't want toys, so he only drags Tingfang to play with him.

Ye Han's hands were naturally steady, sitting on the kang, holding building blocks and playing. Ting Fang patiently accompanied, and after a while, the mother and son put out a colorful and strange item. Chen asked Ye Han with a smile: "What is this?" ”

Ye Han replied in a milky voice: "House!" ”

Chen laughed and teased him: "I've never seen such a house, have you ever seen it?" ”

The sentence is too long, and Ye Han can't receive it. Tilted his head and looked at Chen for a while, then turned his head and stretched out his hand to ask Ting Fang to hug him. Ting Fang smiled and hugged it into her arms, pointing to the building blocks one by one to teach Ye Han to recognize the color. Ye Han was still sick, and after recognizing the color of the blocks, his eyelids began to fight. Ting Fang hugged him and shook him gently, coaxing him to sleep.

Chen said: "I didn't expect you to be so patient, when you were a child, you took Xiaoba, and you were all messed up." ”

Ting Fang smiled, she was really patient with Ye Han. For Xu Qing, the others are strict fathers and mothers, and when they come to their house, Xu Jingchang is much gentler than her. But Ye Han is different, he was born weak, and he can't ask for it like Xu Qing. For example, when he eats by himself, Ting Fang is very reluctant to ask someone to feed Xu Qing, and he trained him to hold a spoon by himself when he was more than a year old. When he arrived at Ye Han, he was very good at holding the spoon, and he could take the chopsticks, but he had no appetite after taking the medicine, so he had to coax him to eat a few bites and count a few bites. Xu Qing hugged Shen Hand when he was more than a year old, Mrs. Jiang had to call the girl to rub her waist and arm after hugging her twice, Ye Han was not up to standard, and Chen could easily hold it for a long time. Every child is different, and so is the attitude of parents. Especially Ye Han is not as fucked as Xu Qing, as long as he is not sick and is very well-behaved, eighty percent is still like Xu Jingchang. Tingfang remembered that she was complained by her mother in her previous life, and she was grinding when she was a child.

At the end of the day, Yue's came over with an oil coat and an umbrella to talk to Chen. Ye Junde didn't want to see Tingfang, this year Emperor Zhaoning fought with Haoqiang, and the people in Jiangnan were forced to die, which added to the disgust. The Yue family and his wife almost turned against each other, and the old lady of the Yue family came to persuade her daughter several times, but the Yue family resolutely refused to let go. Ye Junde resigned, and she lost her life. is saying goodbye to Ting Pei's brothers, and every time she goes out with Chen's shame on her face, it is impossible to ask her to back down at this moment.

When he came to the door, he asked Tingfang in the first sentence: "Brother Han'er coughed better today?" ”

Chen said: "Yesterday, when it was dark, His Majesty sent a eunuch out and gave him a jar of honey, saying that it was from Liaodong. It's better to eat. ”

Ting Fang said with a smile: "Where is it like that, it was yesterday that Mrs. Tang changed the prescription, I ate it once at night, I ate it again in the morning, and I stopped coughing when I looked at it." ”

Yue said: "The left and right courts have always lived in our house. ”

Ting Fang said: "Our family is the most worry-free." The fifth prince said that his body was weak, much stronger than Ye Hanke. Youyuan is looking at enough. The people next to him are all strong, and they don't need a doctor. ”

Yue Shi said: "How did I hear that the eldest princess is a little bad?" ”

Ting Fang said: "The eldest princess is also a little old, the eldest sister went to see it once, pointed out two imperial doctors to be stationed, and the hospital is going out of the palace every day to ask for a pulse." No more can be done. ”

Chen sighed: "Your eldest sister is in charge of palace affairs, and her name is not right. I hope that the eldest princess will grow up soon, so that she can take over. Now busy with her foot hitting the back of the head, I persuaded her to step a child, but she said that she had no effort. ”

Ting Yao didn't want to succeed at all! The clan examination can only be used to attack the knight, and after one comes, I hope that he will have a good future, but the fact that the exam is not good, how much effort does it take to guarantee it? Moreover, Empress Dowager Zhao and Yan Chunwen are two waste firewood, when the family is not good at managing the accounts, Emperor Zhaoning is poor and hates to fry oil with stones, how can he let Ting Yao go chic? The current Minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is a soy sauce player, the real power is in the hands of Ting Fang, and the palace affairs are in the hands of Ting Yao, and the two sisters directly control the palace expenses within 200,000 taels.

After gossiping for a while, Chen Shiqi said: "What about the three girls? ”

Yue Shi said hatefully: "I said before that I wanted to step on the snow to find plum blossoms, but there were no plum blossoms in the house, and this morning I didn't pay attention to it, and sneaked back to the old house to enjoy the plum blossoms." I originally wanted a son-in-law who indulged her, but how did I know that she was so happy, and my husband didn't care! The first three months are the most important, and I don't listen to me even if I break my mouth! He said to Ting Fang, "I can't control it, and I'm still in charge of Lao County." ”

Chen pouted: "Her husband is even more indulgent, she went to the house to uncover the tiles, why did you say that it hurt so badly yesterday?" It's all the previous time and had a snowball fight with Xu Qing in the yard! ”

Tingfang: "......" is tired, thank you!

Yue Shi said angrily: "It can be seen that the rules are also good!" Five girls are so worry-free! ”

Middle-aged and elderly women are all unreasonable species, Ting Fang silently hugged Ye Han and went back to her room.

Chen and Yue are in unison: "......"

may be due to his weak body, Ye Han's drowsiness is especially much. At night, he can sleep from eight o'clock to eight o'clock the next day, and when he is not sick, he can sleep for two hours at noon. The imperial doctor didn't see anything, and Ting Fang threw away his hand. It's unrealistic to expect all children to be a top student, a school bully is a top-level equipment, and it's very good if one or two can explode in a generation. There are fifteen children in the Ye family, and when she is dressed, only Ting Wu can be regarded as a scholar, and she is barely counted as Ting Pei, and even Ting Yao has no talent in learning. So Ye Han likes to sleep and sleep, it's a big deal to be a scumbag, it all comes down to skill and background, and employment is no problem.

At noon, Xu Qing got out of school and rushed in with a shout, and Ye Han woke up immediately. Xu Qing rushed to Ting Fang, hugged his thighs and said, "Mom, I want to hug me too!" ”

Tingfang resisted the urge to beat the bear child, squatted down and picked Xu Qing up. Xu Qing giggled and poked Ye Han in a daze: "Why are you still sleeping?" Hurry up, my brother will take you to play in the snow! ”

Ting Fang is so tired, Xu Qing is a live monkey, and he can't live in peace for a moment; Ye Han is too. It's quiet, can the two brothers' personalities be neutralized? Holding a child in one hand to the outside room, Xu Jingchang happened to lift the curtain and come in. Seeing this scene, he smiled and said, "It seems that today is good." ”

When Xu Qing saw his father, he slid down from Tingfang like a loach, flew to Xu Jingchang's feet, and jumped and said, "Daddy, let's go out to have a snowball fight!" ”

Xu Jingchang walked up to Ting Fang first and touched Ye Han's head: "Brother Han, how are you doing today?" ”

Ting Fang said with a headache: "Quickly take that monkey out, don't let him vent his energy, he can make a fuss in the house all day." At noon, I'll feed Ye Han something. ”

Xu Jingchang picked up Xu Qing with one hand, but asked Tingfang: "What are you going to feed?" The boy was reluctant to eat meat. ”

Ting Fang said: "He is lazy, he refuses to chew, and he can't indulge him anymore." I asked the kitchen to make multigrain porridge, which was harder than polished rice, forcing him to practice his teeth. ”

Xu Qingdao: "I'm not lazy! I eat meat! ”

Ting Fang said: "You are better than your brother in eating." ”

Xu Qing jumped to his feet and said, "Daddy!" Daddy! Take me out to play! ”

Ting Fang gritted her teeth and said, "You wait for me, tomorrow I will ask Master Wu to increase your schoolwork!" ”

Xu Jingchang smiled and said to Chen: "Mother-in-law now feels that her revenge has been avenged!" ”

Chen couldn't stop laughing: "To be honest, she wasn't so naughty when she was a child. ”

Yue nodded: "It's the two of them who roared from the east courtyard to the west courtyard, and then rushed back to the east courtyard from the west courtyard." Screams all over the yard! ”

Xu Jingchang said: "Sure enough, heaven is a good reincarnation!" ”

Ting Fang glanced at Xu Jingchang, and Xu Jingchang took Xu Qing, who couldn't wait, to the courtyard. Ting Fang took Ye Han to sit down, the girl brought a bowl of multigrain porridge with just the right heat, Ting Fang stuffed the wooden spoon into Ye Han's hand to see if he was willing to eat it himself. Ye Han slept enough, and obediently took a spoon and scooped the porridge into his mouth. Yue's looked at the love of the people: "It hurts more than Tingpei when she was a child." The sister-in-law also said that the county lord is eccentric, and it is rare not to be partial! ”

Ting Fang said: "I'm not partial, the child's personality is different." I want to treat Xu Qing like Ye Han, he can turn the sky up immediately! ”

Ye Han ate half a bowl of porridge and refused to eat it again. Tingfang fed him warm milk again, and finally ate most of the cup, and the rest Tingfang ate it by herself, and then took a doll to tease Ye Han to recognize the animal.

Xu Qing's loud voice came in through the window, and the Chen family and the Yue family were not gossiping, and they all looked at Xu Qing and smiled through the glass. It was noisy until dark, Ye Han took the medicine, and his eyelids began to pull down, but he hugged Tingfang's neck and said, "Mom, I still have to play tomorrow." ”

Ting Fang patted Ye Han on the back and reassured: "Mom Ming'er is going to enter the palace, and Xiu Mu will play with you." ”

Ye Han pursed his mouth, and Ting Fang smiled and kissed him on the cheek: "Ming'er's mother came back early?" ”

Ye Han said suddenly: "Mom, Brother Han, don't take medicine, it's bitter." ”

Tingfang touched the back of the child's head, unable to answer. Children don't have the reason of adults, and no amount of explanation is meaningful, so they can only coax with simple language. sighed and sent Ye Han back to the room and handed it over to Yao. Ye Han immediately hung two packets of tears. Tingfang kissed her son again, she knew that Ye Han wanted to sleep with her, but she didn't know how busy it would be tomorrow, and it was unrealistic to sleep with the child. She is busier than when she was in Nanchang, and she really owes Ye Han too much.

After coaxing the child to sleep, Ting Fang returned to the room, remembering that the income would be checked tomorrow, and sighed again. I don't know when we will really start to rejuvenate the country with science and technology. Tingfang wanted to question the Jiangnan Party many times, did you panic when the Huaiyang fire didn't burn? But she knew there would be no answer. The stall left by Emperor Taishang to Emperor Zhaoning is really terrible!

Chapter 208 The silk reeling machine came out

The next day, Ting Fang's household department checked the annual income, and there was no way to fulfill the promise to go home early. Ye Han waited from day to night, and finally cried before falling asleep, and Xu Jingchang couldn't coax it. When Tingfang came home at night, Ye Han, who was asleep in Xu Jingchang's arms, was still sobbing. The husband and wife sighed together, and Xu Jingchang said, "Aren't the few people you brought this year able to help?" ”

Ting Fang smiled bitterly: "Yes, I can't come back today without them." The old officials of the household department are too difficult. ”

Xu Jingchang said: "It stands to reason that the fake accounts will be done locally, and they will be found out in the household department?" ”

Ting Fang said: "Your Majesty didn't let Jinyi Wei check the income and expenditure of the officials of the household department?" ”

Xu Jingchang said: "Why don't you check?" It has been said that none of them are clean, and they can't be cut all of them, so they naturally can't be used as proofs. When will corrupt officials be cut by checking accounts? It is nothing more than a statement by His Majesty. ”

Ting Fang said depressedly: "He can toss me hard!" ”

It is impossible not to express a statement, but it is a deterrent. Xu Jingchang said helplessly: "Let's sleep first, what will I say tomorrow." ”

Ting Fang pointed at Ye Han and said, "What about him?" Sleep here? ”

Xu Jingchang got up and sent Ye Han back to the east room, and the husband and wife immediately fell asleep. Entering the palace the next day, Ting Fang was so hung that he had the mood of sabotage. It's the same thing when you check it around.,Really want to kill whom.,The accounts of the household department are a fart.。 Relying on her talent for arithmetic to intimidate, which one can she scare? The household department is not like the cabinet, and it is far from the palace. Although Ting Fang became a prince, there were always people in the court who adhered to the defense of men and women, and in order to avoid contradictions, they had to continue to stay in the study to account, and they had to move the account books from the household department to the palace. It's a waste of money!

At the beginning of the afternoon, the little maid in the family came in from outside, saying that Ye Han couldn't find anyone, and he couldn't stop crying. Ting Fang was afraid that the child would cry, so he hurriedly sent people to the Qianqing Palace to take leave. Emperor Zhaoning said: "Bring it into the palace and it's over." ”

Tingfang: "......"

After a while, a little eunuch came and saluted to Ting Fang: "Taifu, Your Majesty said again, the weather is good today, if my brother can go out, just take it to the upper study to play." The horizontal and vertical study rooms are the boundaries where the princesses and princes go to school, and it doesn't matter if there are children crying. ”

Ting Fang said coldly to the little eunuch: "Then you go and ask Your Majesty, can Ye Han enter the palace by car!" "The square inside and outside the Forbidden City gate is so empty, just hug it in, it's enough to make Ye Han catch a cold again, okay!

Emperor Zhaoning had only seen Ye Han once when he was full moon, and no matter how many times he went to the Dingguo Mansion, no one dared to carry the child to him. But knowing that Ye Han was weak, he said happily: "Just drive the carriage inside, and put a charcoal basin in the carriage, how comfortable the child is, there is no need to talk about the rules." ”

Tingfang: "...... "Damn, Emperor Zhaoning did whatever it took to return it in order not to approve the fake!" made a decision immediately, and asked someone to bring Ye Han into the palace. Children are all in a hurry, and when they are sick, they can't be clingy, and the bullshit medical conditions of these years can't make Ye Han's condition worse. Otherwise, she would rather strike.

As soon as they heard that the son of the Taifu was going to enter the palace, Ye Han had not arrived, and all the hulalas ran to Tingfang's office to prepare for onlookers. It wasn't until Ye Han entered the door with red eyes and threw himself into Ting Fang's arms that Li Chuhui came over slowly, but he liked it at a glance. hurriedly removed the gold collar and teased him.

Who knew that Ye Han ignored people, buried his face in Ting Fang's chest, and slept peacefully. Tingfang had to hold her son with one hand and work with the other. Ye Han slept, from Li Chuhui to the four princes, all of them felt bored, no matter how good-looking a child was, it was not fun to sleep, and they scattered again.

Ye Han didn't sleep well last night, and slept in Tingfang's arms for nearly two hours before waking up satisfied. Ting Fang nodded his forehead and said, "Why did you suddenly have to be me?" ”

Ye Han grabbed Tingfang's shirt and rubbed it again, and Tingfang reluctantly took a piece of brown sugar cake for him to eat. Brown sugar has the effect of replenishing qi and blood, and the hospital prescribed a prescription, and the imperial dining room made it. A piece of five centimeters square, Ye Han was a little big when he held it, so he had to let go of Tingfang's clothes and eat it with both hands, like a little squirrel. As soon as Emperor Zhaoning entered the door, he was killed in seconds, and he asked, "Hey!" Is this Ye Han? Oops, it looks like Xu Jingchang! So cute! Can I hug it? ”

Tingfang didn't know whether Ye Han was alive or not, Emperor Zhaoning stretched out his hand to test it, Ye Han didn't cry, and picked it up. This master took Li Chuhui with him, and holding the child was skillful, Ye Han didn't feel uncomfortable, and continued to hold the cake and nibble. Emperor Zhaoning didn't want what he liked, and said to Tingfang: "Hengzhu, you don't have a home every day, it's better to bring it to the palace to raise it!" ”

Think beautifully! Resolutely don't let your son be a companion! Ting Fang shook his head decisively: "Don't give Your Highness a bad time." ”

Emperor Zhaoning said unhappily: "Stingy! After speaking, he said with a flattering face, "Then you often bring him to the palace to play." ”

Ting Fang agreed very insincerely.

For a while, Ye Han finished eating the cake and began to look up at Emperor Zhaoning. With watery eyes, Emperor Zhaoning's heart melted, and he teased Ye Han and said, "Come, call Uncle Huang!" ”

Ting Fang was in a cold sweat when she heard this, can Uncle Huang be called casually? If you have to rely on the county lord, at most you will call your uncle! Ye Han didn't understand what he meant, he was amused a lot, and shouted crisply: "Uncle Huang!" ”

Emperor Zhaoning kissed him happily, and called the eunuch to untie the jade pendant on his waist and hand it to Ye Han to play.

The emerald green jadeite is bright when it looks at it, Ye Han happily dragged it in his hand and waved straight at Tingfang.

Emperor Zhaoning smiled and said to Ting Fang: "You are busy, I will take it to play for a while, and then send it over." ”

Ting Fang said with a toothache: "Your Majesty, you don't have to approve the fold today?" ”

Emperor Zhaoning said: "Approve it again in the evening!" Don't worry, I'll really take care of the child, don't believe your sister. Saying that, Ye Han said softly, "Is it okay to play with your uncle?" ”

Ye Han said very facelessly: "Don't! I want Mom! ”

Emperor Zhaoning: "......" The voice softened a little more, and coaxed, "Let's go to the East Chamber's playground to play, okay?" ”

Ye Han was unmoved, and Emperor Zhaoning began to jump up and down shouting people to get toys, trying to use sugar-coated cannonballs to attack the strategy. Ye Han was a child after all, and he was deceived in less than a quarter of an hour. obediently carried out by Emperor Zhaoning.

Tingfang: "......" looks like Xu Jingchang, it's really dangerous! Emperor Zhaoning has seen Xu Qing, and he is not this dog-legged appearance at all!

Emperor Zhaoning didn't go far, just played in the game room in the courtyard. The palace is burned with earth dragons, and the temperature is higher than outside, so it is not cold even in the game room. The conditions of the Dingguo Mansion are far worse, after all, the brazier cannot be heated evenly, and it has been a long time since Ye Han has been allowed to play in the game room. At this moment, Ye Han saw familiar things, and he didn't recognize life, so he happily played with Emperor Zhaoning. Halfway through, Li Chuhui also came over, and the three of them played together.

Tingfang listened to the movement between the games, took a deep breath, and then took a deep breath! Fortunately, Ye Han is a man, otherwise he would have been robbed by Emperor Zhaoning to be his daughter-in-law. I hope that Emperor Zhaoning will not be able to give birth to a princess within five years, Amitabha!

Thinking that Xu Jingchang was in the palace when he was a child, he was a concubine and the imperial concubine had to rub his face, Ye Han was not far behind, with a smiling face, he gave the Hanlin lecturer who came to catch the prince stealing. Two obscene old men squatted beside Emperor Zhaoning and asked, "Your Majesty, is this the son of the Xu Du family?" ”

Emperor Zhaoning said: "No, it looks like his father!" Well, his dad should have been fatter when he was a kid, he was too thin. I just told the Taifu that I would put it in the palace to raise, but she refused. How good it is in the palace, a winter burning dragon, children are not easy to get sick, so they can grow meat. ”

The Hanlin lecturer smiled dryly: "Your Majesty, it's not very decent, is it?" ”

Emperor Zhaoning said: "What's not in order? My little uncle wasn't raised in the palace yet. It's just a nominal companion with its own special room. Can I still treat him badly? Taifu is a careful eye! ”

The living note sighed deeply again, and said silently in his heart: Your Majesty, you are like this, no one will believe you if you have no □□ with Xu Dudu! Have you ever teased any prince like this? Look at the table clock in the house, I have been playing with interest for an hour, and you have not approved the folding of a table!

Emperor Zhaoning was full of interest, but Ye Han was hungry for play, and he realized that he was already very familiar with Emperor Zhaoning, so he pulled Emperor Zhaoning's sleeve and said, "Uncle Huang, I want to drink milk." ”

Emperor Zhaoning was sprouted with a bloody face again, this time without his orders, the little eunuch rushed to the imperial dining room to get it. He hugged him in his arms again and asked with a smile: "What else do you want to eat besides milk?" Are you tired? ”

Li Chuhui also tugged on Emperor Zhaoning's sleeve and said, "Father, don't stand up and hug me, I can't reach you if you stand." ”

Emperor Zhaoning had no choice but to sit cross-legged on the carpet and put Ye Han on his lap. Li Chuhui shook the longevity lock hanging on his gold collar and teased Ye Han again. The longevity lock is draped with a big red tassel, which is exactly the bright color that children like, and they can't help but reach out and grab it. One catches, the other hides, and it's fun to play. After a while, the eunuch came in with milk, and Ye Han didn't want to feed it, holding the cup and drinking it. After drinking, he yawned, tilted his head and fell asleep.

It's so cute!!! Li Chuhui stomped his feet and said, "Father, why didn't you give me such a brother!" ”

Emperor Zhaoning hurriedly called someone to wrap a small quilt, and said depressedly: "I want to too!" Isn't it impossible to give birth! "Looking at Li Chuhui's age, it hurts even more, the two children are seven years apart, and they are still big girls and young men, not a good match!

melancholy carried Ye Han back to Tingfang's office room, still feeling unwilling. Then he said with a flattering face: "Good master, leave your son in the palace!" How happy he was playing! I didn't cough a single bit! ”

Ting Fang glanced up and down at Emperor Zhaoning with suspicious eyes, damn this thing is really boring to my husband? For Xu Qing, it's just a matter of teasing.

Emperor Zhaoning was stared at, and said angrily: "What do you want to say?" ”

Ting Fang asked tentatively, "Your Majesty likes Ye Han like this like this?" ”

Emperor Zhaoning said: "Cute! ”

Tingfang didn't believe it at all.

Emperor Zhaoning smiled: "Looking at him, I remembered the carefree days in Kunning Palace." ”

Ting Fang said: "Your Majesty should not have seen the appearance of a senior brother more than a year old. ”

Emperor Zhaoning thought for a moment and said, "He played with me several times when he was more than two years old, otherwise how could I still remember him after he kept his filial piety for so long." ”

Ting Fang sighed: "I really can't keep him in the palace." ”

Emperor Zhaoning said: "When I was a child, I was ignorant, so Xu Jingchang was wronged. Now in the palace, who dares to treat him slowly? ”

Ting Fang said directly: "I'm not happy. ”

Emperor Zhaoning asked, "Why aren't you happy?" There's more time you see him in the palace! ”

Ting Fang said: "My family doesn't have a house, why should my son let someone else's family raise him?" ”

Emperor Zhaoning knew that he would not be able to convince Ting Fang for a while, so he retreated and said: "Put it in the palace in winter, and it will be cold outside in winter." ”

Ting Fang shook her head firmly.

Emperor Zhaoning retreated again: "Then you enter the palace during the day and take him with you." ”

This is acceptable, Ting Fang nodded and said, "The minister obeys the order." As he spoke, he snatched his son back from Emperor Zhaoning, and urged, "Your Majesty, it's time for you to go back to the Qianqing Palace to approve the fold." ”

At this moment, Yang Shiheng of the Ministry of Labor came over, and said to Emperor Zhaoning with a smile when they met: "Your Majesty! The silk reeling machine is made! ”

Emperor Zhaoning stood up: "Really? ”

Yang Shiheng couldn't hide his excitement and said: "The news that came from Jiangxi Province in eight hundred miles is urgent, Mu Langzhong said that he will not rest in the New Year, and he will produce energy in the spring next year!" ”

Ting Fang also smiled: "Congratulations, Your Majesty!" ”

Emperor Zhaoning took Ting Fang's hand and pinched Ye Han's face: "Brother Han is really a lucky star!" Come on, go to the ministry and say, I want to reward a cloud knight with him. ”

Ting Fang glared at Emperor Zhaoning angrily: "Your Majesty, it's not proper!" "Intimidate Jiangnan not to set a target on her son!

Emperor Zhaoning laughed dryly: "The son of the county lord should have been knighted!" ”

Ting Fanghe: "Let's talk about it when he's older, I'm afraid he won't be able to stand it!" ”

Emperor Zhaoning was really afraid that Ye Han would be cursed, so Xu Jingchang had to give up as soon as he was ready to blow up. But he still couldn't help but appreciate Ye Han's bunch of things. Two pieces of good news that didn't need to be concealed came out of the palace in an instant.

The Jiangnan Party who received the letter was all black, and the same thought flashed in the hearts of each of them, and they must not let the silk reeling machine be mass-produced! Otherwise, the silk industry in Jiangnan will be over!

Chapter 209: Jiangnan Rebellion

Beijing, Huaiyin Building

Tang Yuze, the left waiter of the household department, and Chen Boxing sat in the house, each holding a flower girl, chatting with each other. Since the abolition of the lowly status, these buildings have gone into the dark. Of course, the original high-end green building is rarely explicit, and people who are not familiar with it can see that it is the residence of a large family, and it can only be discovered when the lights are not extinguished at night. Huaiyin Lou was originally outside the city gate, but now it is not easy to attract people's eyes, and it has moved to a farther place, the land price is cheaper, and the building is more magnificent than usual.

The weather was better than the previous two days, and after a day of sunshine, the snow had melted a lot, but I still felt cold. The sky was getting dark, and suddenly I heard a door knock, and several flower girls came with two people, it was Wu Shixian, the secretary of the household department, and Gao Changqi, the secretary of the military department. Tang Yuze and Chen Boxing hurriedly stepped forward to greet them, and after seeing the ceremony, they sat down around the kang table. Hua Niang sifted the rice wine, and asked Wu Shixian, the highest-ranking official: "Do you want to listen to the music?" ”

Wu Shixian was not interested, and pushed Hua Niang and said, "You guys go down, we drink at home." ”

Hua Niang speculated that a few officials had something to do, and obediently took her sisters away. Wu Shixian and the others' entourage stood around the house to make sure that no one eavesdropped. Huaiyin Building is not short of money, the street lamps in the courtyard are all twelve lamps, and the outside scene can be seen clearly through the glass window. Seeing that the servants were standing, Chen Boxing picked up his wine glass and said, "Your Excellency respects you with a glass." ”

Chen Boxing was originally the prefect of Hangzhou, and after resigning, he hibernated, and when his father Chen Fengning was added to the cabinet, he took an idle position according to the rules, and he was the youngest in the ranks. However, according to the rules of officialdom, the sons of cabinet ministers are so suppressed, who really dares to underestimate such an "idle position"? They all didn't dare to say it, so they raised their glasses together and drank happily.

Even if I ran for more than ten miles to get together on a winter night, it wasn't for greetings. Wu Shixian took the lead and said: "You have all heard about the silk reeling machine, right?" ”

Gao Changqi said: "Things are good things, but they have taken the wrong path." I also had a few acquaintances in the Ministry of Works, and they asked if they could imitate it, but they all said that there were no detailed drawings, and they had to look at the actual thing and ponder for several months before they could make it. Where do you want to go in kind now? ”

Chen Boxing said with a smile: "Gao Shangshu is from Zhejiang, no matter which relative's family invests some land, it is enough to exchange it for two." ”

Wu Shixian shook his head and said: "Our family also has some livelihood, and we know a little bit about it. No matter which industry you do, you just have to intervene from above, and others are not easy to do. Even if we imitate it, or sneak around, it seems that the rat who can't see the light can compete for Jiangxi, which is full of factories? The root is not in the machine, but in the man. ”

Tang Yuze is the uncle of Chen Boxing's younger brother, Mrs. Chen Jichang, and is very familiar with the Chen family, and said to Chen Boxing with a wry smile: "Knowing oneself and knowing that the other is invincible, your family knows the inside story best, so there is no way at all?" ”

Chen Boxing said: "Which material is today!" As soon as my father relinquished power in Jiangxi, he never returned it again. When you enter Beijing, you can't feel the edge. ”

Wu Shixian asked: "Don't even have an old department?" ”

Chen Boxing said: "Even Your Majesty can't intervene in people." Previously, His Majesty scattered the troops in Jiangxi, and there were not many men in the province, and Mrs. Ye actually made people train female soldiers and guard the factory in an iron bucket. Now all the female dependents in Jiangxi have a livelihood, and they have been abolished for a year, but I am afraid that only Jiangxi has done it. ”

Tang Yuze spit out a breath of turbidity: "Mrs. Ye has the ability!" ”

Gao Changqi said: "This is Your Majesty's means, and Mrs. Ye is only assisting from the side." ”

Wu Shixian said: "Don't care which means, you have seen this year's cotton weaving." Cotton spinning can't move our roots, but as a lesson from the past, Your Majesty can not only kill cotton spinning, but also have a machine, and you can kill silk. I also have another news, Yang Zhichu has improved silkworm seeds, but it has not been effective for the time being, but what will ...... in the future?"

Gao Changqi gritted his teeth and said, "How can they have so many tricks!" ”

Chen Boxing said lightly: "Rich." Jiangxi is rich, and the craftsmen are willing to spend silver. Good craftsmen are twenty-two months, and at the end of the year, they will be double-paid, and those who have technological breakthroughs will be directly rewarded with two hundred taels of silver. When the craftsman saw such treatment, he didn't want to fight hard. They call it the boundaries of the R&D department, and the lights are on all night. If you do a good job, you can also go straight to the Ministry of Industry as an official, who won't grab the red eye? Lord Wu is right, in terms of technology, we can't compete for Jiangxi when we tie it up, what matters is not technology, but people. ”

Tang Yuze took a sip of wine and said: "Mrs. Ye is sick and crooked, but he can survive every time, and he is also evil!" ”

Gao Changqi said disdainfully: "A woman, without His Majesty's indulgence, what waves can she make?" ”

Tang Yuze sighed, and finally said the words buried deep in his heart: "We saw the wrong person. ”

Everyone knew that this person who had seen the wrong person naturally did not refer to Tingfang. Originally, the Manchu court didn't think that Emperor Zhaoning was a plaything, but now he knows that the innocence of the past was just pretending, and he was actually a man with great talent. The courtiers don't have to follow a faint king, but the courtiers don't want to follow such a "master" who leaves no room for it. Wang Tian of the world, hehe, do you really think that the world only recognizes your surname Li? The world is the king, since there is no gentry tax exemption system, they have been studying hard for decades, and in the end they are generally chased by people to pay taxes with merchants, can this be endured?

Gao Changqi lowered his voice and said: "Several princes have even endured the clan examination before they can attack the lord, so there is no dissatisfaction?" ”

Tang Yuze said disdainfully: "Those princes have an egg." That year, the White Lady Sect entered the capital, and although His Majesty was frightened, he was still able to hold on. Several of his neighbors were scared to pee their pants. If it is said that His Majesty was pretending to be in the past, it is somewhat bold. The rest of them are wearing dragon robes, and they can't be princes. Count on them and die before it's too late. ”

Chen Boxing touched his beard and said with a smile: "There are few brothers and brothers." ”

The other three were all shocked, what Chen Fengning meant, could it be......

Wu Shixian's heart jumped, it shouldn't be Chen Fengning's meaning, but ...... Yan Hongxin. Cold sweat oozing from his back, killing the monarch is not trivial, once he fails, he will implicate the nine clans. Hurriedly shook his head and said, "The military power is in the hands of Xu Dudu." ”

Gao Changqi swallowed his saliva and said lightly: "What about the imperial dining room?" ”

Tang Yuze said: "The palace affairs have been handed over to Princess Qin!" ”

Wu Shixian was shocked, a few people here really had such a rebellious idea! Listening to them check the various methods one by one, my heart was already turbulent. He's already done it, does he really want to take a risk? But thinking about Zhen Xianning's fate again, he shivered again. Their dissatisfaction with Emperor Zhaoning did not lie in Wang Tian or machinery, but in his extermination. Thousands of miles of officials are fed and clothed, how can the world ban corruption! Emperor Hongwu exhausted the ten major tortures, didn't corrupt officials also slaughter them endlessly? They are so exhausted, why should they live the same hard days as that Qingliu who knows how to scold his mother when he sees that he has nothing to do. Who in the world really doesn't love money!

Emperor Zhaoning, who was not stingy, was not afraid of literati at all, and he had been on the throne for less than two years, and he had cut more officials than Emperor Taishang for ten years. We all know that corruption needs to be restricted, otherwise the government will force the people to rebel. But Emperor Zhaoning is too naïve, what he wants is what the book says. Wu Shixian really wanted to tell Emperor Zhaoning that it was better to have no letter than no book! Kong Meng is just a trick to deceive people, do you really believe it? In this world, there has never been a five-acre house with mulberry trees, there is no more than a hundred acres of land, don't take away the time, and there has never been seventy people who eat meat and clothes, and the people of Li are not hungry or cold!

No matter how dissatisfied you are, you can only hold back. The presiding over the abolition of the establishment is not a literati can do, and the first prince failed to force the palace, just because the forbidden army did not really surrender. The soldiers of the Chinese army were the old department of Jizhen, and Emperor Zhaoning favored the generals so much that they could not convince the border passes. Unconsciously, Emperor Zhaoning's wings were full, and they had already missed the opportunity to start.

After a long time, Wu Shixian said slowly: "For today's plan, we still have to unite with the courtiers and not listen to the false orders." ”

Gao Changqi was in the military department, and his thinking was closer to that of a general, so he said: "If you don't get up, it's not a rebellion, only clear the king's side!" Since ancient times, there has been no woman as a concubine, so how can a courtier stand up for himself if he violates the rules? Jiangnan is a tax-rich land, I don't believe that Your Majesty has endured this year, and you can endure it next year. The palace concubines are crying and complaining, how long can Your Majesty last? ”

Tang Yuze said: "I'm afraid that Your Majesty will not be reluctant." He didn't take the palace concubine in his eyes, and his eyes were full of thoughts about the Taifu. Earlier, he went to Ye's house to propose marriage, but was forcibly stopped by Empress Dowager Zhao. Saying that, he scolded a bad word, Empress Dowager Zhao is also cheap, the grandson of the minister, why can't she be a princess? Without her sticking in a bar, Ye Tingfang will be her queen in good morning, where can she stir up the court! The queen's interference in politics is much more difficult than Taifu's interference in politics!

Chen Boxing's eyes froze: "Shandong can also help from the side." The Chen clan was squeezed and fell apart, and the clan had less and less land in their hands, and the Jinyi guards outside the capital "passed by" more and more often. Their family can no longer see Emperor Zhaoning's plan, so they are not worthy of mixing with the center. Chen Fengning didn't want to do it so much, he was forced into a corner and had to fight back.

Tang Yuze, a native of Hubei, nodded and said: "We also have some strength, but compared to Jiangnan, it is not enough." The main force has to rely on Lord Wu. ”

Wu Shixian nodded and said, "That's it, when are you going to act?" "On the side of the Qing monarch, at least the nine clans will not be implicated.

Gao Changqi said: "It is better to be sooner rather than later, the later Your Majesty will be stronger, and you must not miss the agricultural time." ”

Chen Boxing frowned and asked, "Is it too late?" ”

Gao Changqi's smile is unfathomable, Jiangnan is strong, and who is really unarmed? Taking advantage of the death of cotton farmers, they raised their arms and shouted, and countless people responded. If you are rich, you are forced to become a homeless person, but you have much more hatred than those who are already poor.

Wu Shixian knew that the bandits in Hubei were rampant, and there was still the strength to fight, and Shandong was a person who made up his position to make a statement. The whole world rose up, and the frightened Emperor Zhaoning surrendered. One step back, one step back. All they want is to take a step back.

The representatives of several parties reached a consensus on this, and took advantage of the night to quickly finalize the detailed rules one by one. The next day, they divided and consulted with their respective henchmen to gather information again. When a group of people are willing to work together, the efficiency is terrifying. However, in four or five days, the express mail from all parties has been sent back to their hometowns.

When the cold wind swept the land again, Xu Jingchang's Jinyi Guard system was the first to receive the news, and rushed into the Qianqing Palace with an iron face: "Your Majesty, Jiangnan is reversed!" ”

Chapter 210: Fight to Fame

The rebels began in Zhejiang and spread all the way to Jiangsu. At the same time, Hubei, Shandong, and Shaanxi rebelled at the same time, and the banner was the Qing monarch's side. Emperor Zhaoning, who should have been angry, gave birth to a trace of absurdity. The silk reeling machine came out, and these traitors began to play the Qingjun side. Emperor Zhaoning showed a mocking smile, did these fools forget that since he ascended the throne, he has been quelling the rebellion? Raising a banner of righteousness can scare him, and he will be scared to death eight hundred times!

The Jiuqing of the Cabinet and Xu Jingchang and his wife were all recruited into the Qianqing Palace, and no one present did not know the inside story of such a trick. Emperor Zhaoning was not afraid, saw Ting Fang, and said with a smile: "Good master, your Wang Hu is going to make meritorious contributions." ”

Not to mention Wang Hu, Tan Qingsheng is in Gansu, and Dai Shi is in Shaanxi. Since it is the "Qingjun side", if you don't hit them, if you hit them, even if it is for the sake of your own power and wealth, you will never show mercy. In addition, Zhou Yi served as the commander of Hunan, bordering Hubei, he could mobilize more resources, and the displaced people who were instigated by Haoqiang were simply a joke. Haoqiang is not a bandit, they are willing to provide a few days of food! What made Emperor Zhaoning really murderous was that this corrupt official made the common people in Hunan provinces who had just settled down in Hunan go through war for his own selfish interests, which was unforgivable!

Emperor Zhaoning is not afraid, so others should be afraid! Wu Shixian and Gao Changqi glanced at each other, and their hearts were beating wildly. Yan Hongxin's mind was spinning quickly, was Emperor Zhaoning bluffing? Or is it really fearless?

Yuan Shoufu is a Jiangnan person in the end, if it is an ordinary rebellion, it is just that, speaking of the Qingjun side, he can't guess the cause and effect is stupid! The Qing monarch's side is fake, and the Zhaoning Emperor who the Manchu Dynasty tried to force in tandem to give up sniping Jiangnan is true! It was this kind of action that stopped Tingfang from going to Qintianjian at the beginning. Is it really that well-behaved? Is it really so intolerable for a woman to be idle? Hehe, it's just to manipulate the emperor from the beginning. But Emperor Zhaoning, who has been a dragon chair for two years, is afraid that he would rather die than back down.

In the Qianqing Palace, the quiet needle drop can be heard. Xu Jingchang didn't expect that the civil official group would be exhausted so quickly, and there was no tension of confrontation, and there was endless embarrassment in the Qianqing Palace. Jiangnan and Shandong, half of the ministers were involved; In the rest of the place, Jiuqing was almost suspicious. What is the point of tandem under the nose? Just a threat? Or do you really want to replace it?

Looking at Yan Hongxin, his complexion did not fluctuate at all, and what role did he play in this farce when he moved his clansmen into Jiangnan? Didn't you think that your grandson would be deeply implicated?

Emperor Zhaoning swept over the clay courtiers with a smile, and after a long time, he smiled and said, "Why are you dumb today?" The counterinsurgency is all skillful work, each expressing his own opinions, and each receiving an errand will not be over! I didn't scream and scared my soul away, what are you afraid of? Even if the rebels entered the capital, I was the first to kill, and you can still surrender once and continue to be a powerful minister. ”

When it comes to this, it has torn his face. However, the emperor can tear it, but the courtiers can't tear it up. The courtiers led by Ting Fang had to kneel down and plead guilty.

Yuan Shoufu took a deep breath and said, "After the new year, we must prepare for spring ploughing, and countering the rebellion is a top priority. The minister thought that the thief would capture the king first, and this time it would rise from Zhejiang, so he would fight Zhejiang first. Please transfer troops from Jiangxi, it is the cheapest. ”

Emperor Zhaoning didn't call out, let the courtiers kneel, and only said lightly: "There are no soldiers in Jiangxi for the time being." "Jiangxi's troops have long been withdrawn by him, and with the cronies taken away by Zhou Yi and others, Jiangxi's guards all rely on Hunan. Emperor Zhaoning regretted a little, he shouldn't have demolished Jiangxi, such a hinterland, it is easy to forget, but once there is a war around, it is also very convenient to deploy. Jiangnan Hao is strong against the old party, and at this moment, the Jiangnan battlefield is all relying on Wang Hu and Anhui to cooperate, and I don't know if I can resist it.

Emperor Zhaoning is not afraid of returning, but he really doesn't want them to form a climate and delay next year's taxes. If the gods fight, there will be no mortals who will not suffer. The common people of Jiangnan have been hit hard, and after the war, it is even more tragic. It is necessary to cut through the mess quickly, and the shorter the war, the smaller the losses. Emperor Zhaoning looked at the courtiers who were prostrate on the ground with cold eyes, you are forcing me to be merciless!

Jiao Runyu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was a person from Emperor Zhaoning, and thought for a long time and said: "The Ministry of Industry has built a lot of cannons this year, which can be used on the battlefield in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

The floor of the Qianqing Palace was carved in stone, and Ting Fang's kneeling knees were numb, and he didn't want to suffer from the pond fish anymore, so he said: "Your Majesty, Jiangxi still has combat power." ”

Emperor Zhaoning was stunned for a moment: "Almost all the troops in Jiangxi have been transferred to Anhui, and they are working everywhere to hire people, how can there still be people as soldiers?" ”

Ting Fang smiled: "Your Majesty has forgotten the female soldiers?" ”

Emperor Zhaoning instinctively distrusted, he knew that Ting Fang was very strong, but a woman like Ting Fang, at least he had never seen it. The world has long been out of balance, and it is extremely difficult for women to survive in troubled times, and the mortality rate is extremely high. He is reluctant to let women go to the battlefield, he wants to conquer the entire territory of Liaodong, and he wants to completely eliminate Mongolia, and the premise of these is to ask for people! There are not too many people in the world who can't afford to die, and they can't afford to die women who can have children.

Ting Fang said: "The female soldiers in Jiangxi all use firearms, and a group of rabble is not afraid. "The difference in physical fitness between men and women is far less than the distance between a broadsword and a firearm. Tingfang really has no talent in the military, but she has lived in an era of information explosion for more than 30 years, especially after entering the Internet era in an all-round way, she can see some explosion-proof police videos from time to time. Combined with some fragmentary concepts she learned in several military trainings, she taught Xu Jingchang everything. Xu Jingchang has been on the battlefield, Zhou Yi, Wang Hu and others also have a very strong military acumen, and the combination of several parties, the people of the Jiangxi family have already formed a unique set of ideas suitable for firearms combat. In the process of building the Women's Army, Junzimo traveled back and forth between Hunan and Jiangxi several times, just to learn from Zhou Yi. Tingfang doesn't like war, but she doesn't run away from it either. The perfect opportunity depends on whether Junzimo can seize it!

When it came to female soldiers, Wu Shixian and the others breathed a sigh of relief for no reason, after all, Mrs. Ye was a woman, and she always wanted to lead a woman to stabilize her position. How can a woman be born to go to war? Let them lose one game in order to really get the right to negotiate. For more than ten years, there have been too many rebellions, and Emperor Zhaoning has long been numb, and he only knows what pain is when he loses.

Chen Fengning's eyelids jumped, Junzi Mo was extremely trusted by Tingfang, is it because he is also a woman? Or is it because of talent? He had a little bad premonition, and he was worried in his heart, in just two years, can he really train a woman who can beat a man?

If you want to ask someone to lead the army, you must have a justifiable reason. Emperor Zhaoning didn't have many choices, so he happily issued an order to make Jun Zimo serve as a thousand households in the Nanchang Guard Station and lead people to suppress bandits. Thousands of households are five products, and they also have the meaning of slapping their faces. Emperor Zhaoning thought a little viciously, didn't you say that the woman was upside down for the Taifu and wanted to clear the monarch's side? Command women to beat you. When the time comes, return triumphantly, and look at the face of the old party!

waved off a group of civil servants, and Emperor Zhaoning left Xu Jingchang and Liu Da and others to seriously participate in military affairs. The Holy Decree was sent to various guards in an expedited manner for 800 miles, ready to counterattack.

Jun Zimo, who received the holy decree, tried his best to suppress his excitement and forced himself to calmly dispatch the soldiers, horses, grain and grass. A grass people, a leap into a thousand households, is not the glory of troubled times. Since he was a child, because he had no brothers, he was bullied by his clan. Insult. Junzimo never bows her head, she is much stronger than the waste in the clan, why does she have to sacrifice her land and get out to get married? Resentment and arrogance supported her at the same time, and she resisted until the Nanchang flood and met Tingfang. There is nothing more to be grateful for than this kindness, she wants to soar, and Ting Fang gave her wings. Jun Zimo looked at the sand table, a group of local chickens and dogs, which happened to be her stepping stones!

Zhou Yi wants to fight Hubei, points. Lacking skills, he transferred his lieutenant to Jun Zimo, who went to the battlefield for the first time. The world is vast, and they each have their own place to brush up on military merits, and they are all Taifu Party, and they should work together with the same spirit. The battlefield is not a game, no matter how strong Junzimo is, there is also a case. Transferring a lieutenant general to suppress the formation for her is exactly the duty of her colleagues! The first time he set out on the expedition, Jun Zimo did not have the slightest arrogance, thanked Zhou Yi for his kindness, and went to Hangzhou with his soldiers and horses.

The rebels in Jiangnan went all the way to the north and finally arrived at Huaiyang. Huaiyangwei commanded Wang Hu to command 5,600 troops and garrison the city. The rebels, with the connivance of various powerful forces, fought very easily. The victory was carried away and they forgot their original intentions, but the extreme pleasure of burning and looting came to an abrupt end when they met Wang Hu.

Overwhelming hands. The souls of the thunderbolts are scattered, and they are not yet on fire. The guns were fired in turns, and the rebels' formations were disorganized, fleeing, stampeding, and infighting, and in an instant they were all over the corners of the battlefield. Wang Hu stood on the city wall and sneered: "To deal with the rebels, the master is the expert!" ”

When he saw the opportunity, he immediately ordered left and right: "Go out of the city to fight!" ”

The gates slowly opened, and two thousand cavalry came from inside the city with billowing dust. The rebels were even more panicked, and immediately abandoned their armor and fled.

This rebellion was instigated by Haoqiang, and the battle line was extremely long. The front was beaten by Wang Hu, and the back was chased and intercepted by Jun Zimo. Tingfang is extremely heavy on weapon improvement, and has very close exchanges with the West, and has been equipped with flintlock pistols when he was in East Lake, and has developed a Lianzhu gun this year, except for burning too much money, there is nothing bad about it. The two armies intersected, artillery and four rows of rounds fired in unison, and in an instant the rebels suffered countless casualties, and they all looked in horror at the army of women on the opposite side. Are those women? Or is it not human at all? What exactly are they holding in their hands? Why is it so loud? The ignorant outcasts, who made up half of the rebels, had never seen firearms at all. The fire from the cannons and guns set fire to the clothes of a rebel. The wails of their companions irritated their nerves. Suddenly, someone shouted, "They're monsters!" Man-eating youkai! They have magic weapons in their hands! Let's run! Run! ”

As soon as the sentence came out, the army's heart was turbulent. Junzi Mo coldly ordered: "Get on the horse, take a big knife and rush to kill!" ”

The light cavalry mounted neatly and rushed down the hillside with broadswords. Inertia picks up speed, harvesting the head with ease.

Junzimo led 20,000 soldiers, killed 15,000 enemies, and lost less than 1,000. Fight to fame! 166 Reading Network