The newly built Fuguo Mansion now has a strict law that is as deep as the sea

Up and down the house, inside and out, under the joint efforts of Ming'er and a group of capable relatives, it is in order.

Inside the house, the corridor is curved, the passage is deep, all kinds of houses, the road is complex and tortuous, there is no guide from the garden, if there are outsiders rashly break in, in this heavy door for half a day, it may not be able to find the right position.

In the exquisite warm pavilion in the west chamber, the spring is cold and the humidity is heavy, so there is still a pot of animal charcoal, which bakes the warmth in the room.

The room is magnificent, stools, chairs, several, desks, cabinets, cabinets, shelves, screens...... "the materials are all made of rosewood, pear, mahogany, the shape is simple, concise and sophisticated, from the bones reveal a noble atmosphere. On the hollow Bogu shelf, the antique porcelain placed is also a treasure, and the tools that can never be bought in the market are priceless.

It is in the evening, a few palace lamps with fine wood as bone and colored glass as the cover will be placed on the table, illuminating the room brightly, not to mention, these lamps alone are extremely expensive objects.

Several female dependents of the Yang family are sitting in the house, some are leaning on the Luohan bed, some are sitting on the circle chair of the golden silk vine, beside the small round table of rosewood, Ming'er has no hairpin in her hair, only holding a nest of silk Luzhou Zhang, her long hair is just like a dark cloud of varnish, and she wears a short shelf of white silk on her upper body, and she is wearing a moon and Hunan water skirt, sitting gracefully.

Qiaoyun led a few maids in, and brought in the steaming, sweet and pleasant rock sugar bird's nest japonica rice porridge, all of which made the blue and white small porcelain nest contained, and several ladies had a bowl each, and Ming'er made the spoon gently stir the porridge soup, and said with a smile: "The master has been ordered to return to Beijing, and it is estimated that the distance will be reached in five or six days." When the lord comes back this time, he won't leave for a while.

The master is back, and the master has to be in charge of the family's affairs, counting the days, the master has been gone for more than a year, and many things in our family have to be known to the master. Xiao Di, our family's fields, mulberry hemp, silk tea, including the things up and down the house, are all in the hands of your father and daughter, and these aspects must be sorted out clearly, so that the master knows in his heart. ”

Xiao Di stuck to the porcelain bowl, blew a little anxiously, and smiled his head. The man is the backbone of the family, and his father-in-law is about to come back, and the whole family is beaming, and Xiao Di is naturally no exception.

Ming'er said: "Sister Ziqi is in charge of many businesses from Shandong to Liaodong, Sister Yufei is planning the shops and semicolons in various places, and Sister Ying is in charge of the business in eastern Zhejiang and Nanyang, and they all pay attention to a clear account. ”

Ming'er reacted more strongly than several other women when she was pregnant, she was nauseous when she smelled a little oily, and she ate very little, and now she has been pregnant for more than four months, and the pregnancy reaction is no longer strong, but the toss of the first few months has not eased up yet, so that a melon seed face has been reduced a lot, her chin is pointed, and she doesn't look at it coldly, and there are two big eyes left on her little face, not like a pregnant woman, but like a beautiful girl in Riman, kawaii's very.

Ming'er sighed, clenched her pink fist, gently slapped her back twice, and said with a smile: "After the master was ordered to pass through Liaodong, Ming'er planned this home with several sisters, and has been cautious and cautious, for fear that something will go wrong, and he can't treat the master well, but fortunately, everything is fine at home, and when the master comes back, we will have an explanation." By the way, there are also Si Xun and Si Yang's studies, we have to be especially careful, these two days have been urging a little tighter, the master will definitely test their homework when he comes back, don't let these two girls show their timidity in front of her father. ”

As soon as she mentioned her two daughters, Su Ying was angry, probably because she was used to being wild when she was a child, the two girls have never been interested in learning poetry and songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but like boys, they like to climb trees and climb over walls, frolicking, the whole two tomboys, the teacher Xixi is so angry that he blows his beard all day long, as soon as he listens to Ming'er's instructions, Su Ying said: "These two stinky girls, if you are naughty, I will break their butts, see if they are still crazy!" ”

Ming'er chuckled and said, "Sister Ying, it's not a way to fight, they are just greedy for fun, and their temperament is actually not bad." Like when I was a child, my father and mother, and my brother also signed, and they never touched a finger of me. But it's my third brother, I heard that he refused to study when he was a child, and was often beaten by his father, but the result was still ......"

Speaking of the third brother, Ming'er's expression was slightly gloomy, and she sighed lightly, and then said again: "The children are always in charge, explain the matter to them clearly, if they are still disobedient, they will be punished for standing, otherwise they will be punished for eating one less meal, as long as you are willing to do it, sister." ”

"Are the two girls so unbehaved? Then I'm going to spank them, Ying'er is reluctant, I'm willing! ”

A voice suddenly came from the door, Ming'er heard the voice, her body was shocked, she raised her head suddenly, and stood at the door of the warm pavilion with a smile, it was Xia Xun!

"Xianggong!"

Thank you, Su Ying and Xiao Di all cried out in surprise, or Ziqi was agile, rushed over with an arrow step, and had already jumped into his arms in a forgetful manner, hugging him tightly, as if he wanted to rub him into his bones......

Xia Xun stayed at home for two days, originally according to his estimates, he went on the road first, at least four or five days in advance, but first put it aside in Zhuozhou, and when he arrived at the south of the Huai River, he encountered a few heavy rains, and the trip was delayed, and the honor guard who walked behind did not encounter these troubles, but Xia Xun only leisurely at home for two days, and his brigade arrived.

According to the rules, when returning to Beijing to reply to the order, you must first go to the Golden Palace to see the driver, return to the decree to pay the errand, and then go home after the work. Even if he missed the court meeting when he returned to Beijing that day, he had to live in the post house first, and wait for tomorrow to see the car before he could go home to see his family, which is called public before private.

But Xia Xun went on the road first, the picture is to see his relatives as soon as possible, and then the inkstone is a good moment, in fact, as long as the officials whose homes are in Kyoto, few people are willing to abide by this inkstone, Xia Xun was ordered to go out before, and when he came back, he also went to his own house first, which has long been the norm. When the honor guard entered Jinling City, he couldn't delay any longer, so he left the house again, met with his honor guard, and rushed to the Golden Palace to see the driver.

On the Golden Palace, Xia Xun, who had been away from Kyoto for more than a year, reappeared in the court, paid the decree in court, and recounted the passage of Liaodong and the political achievements obtained. Zhu Di was full of spring breeze and rewarded him greatly, although Xia Xun left the power center for three years, and the actual time was more than a year, but his honor and favor were undiminished, and he re-entered the attention of everyone as soon as he returned to Beijing.

Compared with the end of the court meeting, many scholars, imperial envoys, governors, and scholars who were friendly with Xia Xun were about to surround and have a warm chat, and Mu En rushed to deliver the decree, and the emperor summoned him in the palace. The adults were helpless, so they had to watch with envy Xia Xun go with Mu En, disperse on their own, and find another opportunity to have a banquet with Guogong another day.

"How is the emperor feeling today?"

This sentence is a public mark in the officialdom, asking the people around the emperor is not asking the emperor's mood, but not knowing the emperor's intentions, asking the emperor whether this summoning is a good sign or bad luck for himself, Xia Xun knows that when he was in Liaodong, there has always been an imperial historian to impeach him for excessive authority, snaring cronies, accepting wings, and oppressing his vassals, and Tang Jie's death has been reported to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and there has been no follow-up so far, and there are variables in this matter.

Mu En replied with a smile: "Slave maid, look at it, the emperor is in a good mood." ”

Xia Xun listened, and his heart settled.

When he arrived at the Jinshen Palace, Xia Xun drove according to the courtesy, the emperor evoked and gave up his seat, Xia Xun sat on the Jindun that Mu En moved over, Zhu Di asked a few words of hard work first, and then entered the topic: "Wenxuan, the reform of the Liaodong military tun and the method of recruiting soldiers, Lian has seen the details of your performance but it is not clear, you and Lian will talk about it." ”

In Xia Xun's last few months in Liaodong, don't look at him almost not showing up, but his whole mind is on these two companions, and he naturally knows what to do, and he almost doesn't need to think about it to tell the same thing one by one.

Zhu Di listened, and said with a slight bow: "The method of recruiting soldiers can be described as immediate. It's just that the effect of this military cantonment restructuring will only be known this autumn. ”

Xia Xun said firmly: "Your Majesty, although the result will be known this autumn, but the minister has control, and this matter will definitely be done." In these days in Liaodong, the minister has clearly understood that although the climate of Liaodong is not as good as that of Guannei, there are many rivers in Liaodong, and the full rainfall in most areas is much stronger than that of the grassland, so it is still suitable for farming.

In the past, farming was not in a way, mainly because the harvest had nothing to do with themselves, and the tunfu had no ambition to do this, but the people did not agree, many rural landowners, their mouths were save, and they did everything possible to buy land and buy land, if there was no benefit to farming, why did they do this? But the army has been in arrears for 10 years, and the generals of the guard always have to give the court a reason, right? In order to pay less grain, the people naturally refuse to say that they have a good harvest, so the people are also clouds, which gives people a false impression that Liaodong is not suitable for farming. ”

Zhu Lin sighed lightly and said: "Because of your Liaodong matter, Lian also paid special attention to Tuntian, and specially asked Chen Ying to cooperate with the household department to do some statistical understanding of Tuntian in the world, which is not very optimistic!" Say that it is not suitable for farming outside the customs? Hey! Henan, Huaixi and other places are not outside the border, right? But after the audit, Lian was surprised! ”

Xia Xun pressed his hands to his knees and listened quietly, Zhu Di said angrily: "Don't talk about it elsewhere, these places, military households in the fields, ploughed by one person, and the harvest is not enough for half a year's rations." Chen Ying carefully checked, the tunfu farmed, how could anyone pick up water for you to water the fields, fertilize and hoe the grass? One by one, they sowed seeds, and they resigned themselves to fate, it did not grow long, and the harvest was corrected, and it had nothing to do with it, and the grains were not harvested, and the court had to distribute military rations. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu tenon stood up and walked slowly: "Therefore, Lian pays special attention to the transformation of the Liaodong Army, and if it is really effective, it is necessary to reform other places one by one." It's just that what the method of turning grass into grass in Liaodong is still not confirmed. The law of the military tun, the ancestral legacy, has not been confirmed, and the union is not good at making major changes.

Liaodong originally had almost no rice millet to harvest, all relied on the imperial court to allocate it, and used it to transform, so naturally there was nothing wrong, but before it was proved effective, other places could not follow it, and the scholars also meant this, the people took food as the sky, and agriculture was the foundation of the country, but think about it, even Henan, Huaixi and other fertile places have not been harvested every year, and they are in a hurry!

The imperial court established the system of tuntian, which was originally not to increase the burden on the common people, but what was the result? Therefore, the more soldiers are raised, the more they are raised, but the tuntian is planted less and less, and the burden of the common people is getting heavier and heavier, and millions of acres of fertile land are occupied and harmed by those guards and tunfu, so the scene has to continue for at least a year, and I didn't know it before, but now the mule already knows, how can I still bear it? ”

Xia Xun asked calmly: "What about the emperor's plan?" ”

Zhu Di said: "The joint call to the household department to draw up a charter, the household department thought of a way, reported to the cabinet, and the scholars carefully discussed, the newspaper and the union know, this method is in accordance with your strategy in Liaodong, after a compromise after a change, taking advantage of the early spring in March, time is still in time, Lenovo will implement it first, you came just in time, you can listen to it, whether it is feasible." ”

Xia Xun was a little curious, blinked and said, "I want to hear it!" ”

Zhu Di didn't say anything to him, but directly handed the charter on Xie Jin and others to Xia Xun, Xia Xun opened it and took a look, and saw that the household department, and the revised charter by Najin and others was indeed derived from his own Liaodong strategy.

There are two main points in this charter: First, the ratio of soldiers guarding the city in Tuntian is changed: the ratio of soldiers to soldiers is determined according to the level of danger and remoteness of the place where the army is stationed. In the border and dangerous places, there are more guards than tuns: inland guards, there are more tuns than guards; Although the land is dangerous and the transportation is difficult to reach, there are more tunfu than soldiers.

In addition, the detailed rules for rewards and punishments for tuntian fields have also been formulated, and a line has been drawn up according to the average income of the people in various localities, and if the grain production is increased and the harvest is harvested, those who cross this line can receive a certain reward, and those who do not fall within this line will be rewarded and punished. Although this method does not have a complete change in the level of motivation for the production of the tunfu, it is still a method.

In particular, when it comes to the issue of grain planting, if we rashly implement the transformation of apples in a unified manner throughout the country, but the results do not produce results, it will cause great turmoil throughout the country, and it is even possible to lose the country.

Xia Xun is naturally very much in favor of this, and this kind of compromise policy change, it is clear that it has been affected by the rate change in Liaodong, it is conceivable that this autumn Liaodong harvest, the national reform is bound to become an irreversible trend, this is exactly the effect that Xia Xun wants to achieve, not because of people waste, take a correct shortcut, people will naturally choose it.

Xia Xun bowed his head again and again, and expressed his approval, Zhu Di couldn't help but show a satisfied smile, and said: "You are presiding over the reform of the military tun in Liaodong, and you are naturally more aware of the difficulties and problems encountered in it than others. ”

Xia Xun hurriedly patted his ass and said: "The emperor is wise!" ”

Zhu Di smiled and said, "Are you wise?" Wise, you have the final say, mediocrity, you also have the final say, whether you are wise or not, it is in the hands of you courtiers, and you can't help it. ”

Xia Xun heard what he said, and his heart couldn't help but tighten, and he hurriedly bowed down and said, "The emperor said that he was laughing." ”

"Are you kidding?"

Zhu Di glanced at him, and suddenly asked, "I heard the report from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, saying that Tang Jie died in Liaodong?" ”