Yang Mansion ushered in April in this kind of calm and turbulent days on the surface.

The embroidered pegga thing was like a pebble thrown into the lake, and there was no sound at all, and Yulan was relieved.

Young Master Chengzong personally opened his mouth to the eldest lady, asking for money for his mother and son to be a little girl, and the eldest lady was worried that there was no chance to envelop Chengzong, so naturally no one did not agree.

Since Mother Qian came to Lujingzhai, the "preparation" in Yulan's small courtyard is finally fully equipped.

A housekeeper mother, two personal maids, four sprinkler girls and a rough mother-in-law.

Wang's mother was careless when she disciplined, and things were messy in Yulan's yard, except for Xiaoyue and Xiaoyu, who were left and right, and the little girls and the mothers-in-law were left behind, and there was no clear division of powers, nor a clear reward and punishment system. There are things that are passing the buck to each other.

Yulan is determined to put order in the small courtyard.

Thinking of the management experience in his previous life, Yulan called Qian's mother and the two big girls together, and spent a few days sorting out a subordinate version of the "Employee Handbook", with eight items and ten paragraphs, including basic principles, post regulations, salary and remuneration, reward and punishment system, confidentiality system and other clauses.

Then the girls and mothers-in-law were called, and the first step was to set the post, and first divide everyone's responsibilities clearly. Then regardless of whether they know how to read or not, let them memorize the "Employee Handbook" first, and when the time comes, Yulan will check it, and if they can't memorize it, they will deduct the monthly money.

As a result, Little Green Jingzhai set off a learning boom.

All for the sake of monthly money.

After that, Yulan conducted two more induction trainings, and invited Su's mother and Xinghuang to give speeches to everyone, with the title: How to be a competent mother/maid.

After everything is done, there is no need for Yulan to say anything, the girls and mothers-in-law all know what to say and what not to say, what to do and what not to do, and what consequences to bear if you do something wrong. It's clearly written in the "Employee Handbook".

Yulan's regulations are meticulous and strict, the punishment is mainly based on fines for monthly money, supplemented by corporal punishment, and of course, playing boards and selling is also among them, and the specific one depends on how much crime you have committed.

In addition to punishment and rewards, one or two pieces of silver will be taken out every quarter, and the mothers and maids will be divided into three, six, nine, etc., and different degrees of rewards will be given.

This is the so-called "quarterly prize"!

All of a sudden, everyone's enthusiasm for work immediately rose.

The atmosphere of green and quiet fasting is one of the strict.

Yulan tossed her small courtyard, the eldest lady was too lazy to pay attention, but the old lady looked at her eyes and was amazed.

She asked Yulan for a copy of the "Employee Handbook", and the more she flipped through it, the more surprised she became, but in fact, Yulan didn't create too much, but just put the conventions into rules on paper, so that everything became more meticulous, meticulous, efficient, and had laws to follow.

Within a few days, this "Employee Handbook" appeared on Mrs. Yang's desk. After reading it, the old lady was amazed, this "manual" is really useless to manage a small courtyard in Yulan, and it is a good way to manage a department and a department.

That night, Xinghuang hurried to Lvjingzhai, "The old lady invited the girl to Songfeng Study House to talk. ”

Yulan was taken aback, how busy the old lady was, she knew how much she said. When he was free, he couldn't even see the eldest son, so why did he suddenly want to see his insignificant granddaughter?

Yulan didn't dare to delay, took a hat and put it on his head, followed Xinghuang to the second door, and followed the old lady with a long follower, the outer courtyard turned around, the more and more secluded, facing a piece of pine and cypress between the looming three small huts, there is a plaque hanging on the door, and there are four large characters in Wei tablet on the book: Songfeng Study.

Yulan looked at the building between the pines and cypresses with great interest, followed her in, and then turned out again and led her into the study.

The house is brightly lit, and Yulan's first feeling is that there are many books. The large house was full of tall bookshelves and a large number of books. In the corner of the room, a three-legged incense burner filled with cigarette smoke and expensive ambergris. The old lady sat behind a long case in front of the window, on which countless documents and yellow silk covers were scattered, and a middle-aged eunuch stood behind him, carefully kneading his shoulders for him.

There were a few short tables in the west direction, and the two little eunuchs knelt there, copying and writing carefully, and there was a stack of documents in front of each of them.

Across the case, a young man who was as gentle as jade sat there respectfully, with a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth, Yulan's eyes flashed, this young man was the one who had just met Ye Minchun a few days ago.

Seeing her come in at this time, Ye Minchun first showed a hint of surprise in his eyes, and then smiled, and that smile went all the way to his eyes.

That warm smile seemed to sweep away all the gloom in Yulan's heart and make her feel happy. He smiled at Min Chun.

"Songfeng Study" is the old lady's private small study, and the old lady usually does not meet guests here. can be summoned by the old lady here, I don't know if it is because of Ye Minchun's outstanding ability, or because he is the grandson of the old lady.

The old lady looked at Min Chun with a hint of appreciation in her eyes: "...... I have read all these recitals that the prince asked you to send over, and the prince is thoughtful and handles them properly, so you go back and tell His Highness, and say that I will draw up a ticket according to his opinion! ”

On behalf of the emperor, the cabinet of Great Chu replied to the ministers' chapters, first wrote the proposed words on the ballot, and submitted the attached copy to the emperor's ruling, which was called "vote draft", also called "draft vote".

Ye Minchun arched his hand and said, "Lord Yuanfu, the minister must tell the prince truthfully." "Don't call grandpa but Yuanfu, this is the meaning of public before private.

After all, the old lady hesitated: "The prince is the prince of the country, and the regency of the prison country should be supervised, and the old minister should draw up the disposal opinions and hand them over to the prince for adjudication, but now the cart is a little upside down......

Ye Min said loudly: "Lord Yuanfu, before the minister came here, the prince specially told the minister to tell the adult, Lord Yuanfu is a veteran of the three dynasties, an important minister of the country, has the talent of the heavens and latitudes, the strategy of the time of the world, and the prestige of the qualifications is unparalleled, His Royal Highness said that it is his wish to be able to follow Yuanfu to learn government affairs, Yuanfu must not mind, let go of his hands and feet, everything is subject to the emperor's will, and His Royal Highness has no complaints. ”

The old lady pondered for a moment, and finally said, "In this way, I will trespass." Looking up and seeing Yulan, he smiled gently: "Lan'er is here." ”

Yulan got the opportunity to speak, and hurriedly stepped forward respectfully, knelt down and kowtowed: "Yulan respectfully invites grandfather Jin An." ”

"Get up, get up." The old lady smiled pleasantly: "I still have a little thing to deal with, you and Chun'er are cousins, so I won't ask you to avoid suspicion, sit on the chair next to you, and it'll be fine for a while." ”

Yulan thanked him, and blessed Ye Minchun again, and then found a corner position to sit down. The middle-aged eunuch behind the old lady went out in person, and after a while, he came in with a cup of tea and put it on the small table next to the Yulan chair. Yulan hurriedly stood up and thanked him.

The old lady's study belongs to the cardinal important place, and no one is allowed to enter without being summoned, so there is no little maid to serve here, these three eunuchs are from the inner court celebrant and the emperor personally rewarded the old lady, not only the waiter is considerate and thoughtful, but also quite literate and ink, and can temporarily act as a secretary.

The old lady turned his face again and talked about government affairs with Ye Minchun. Yulan was secretly strange, and she didn't know what the old lady had for her to listen to these outside things. But when she came, she sat there and listened attentively.

If any girl in the Yang family is changed, it is impossible to understand the conversation between the old lady and Ye Minchun, but after all, Yulan has two lifetimes of experience, he has never eaten pork and has seen pigs run, business and politics, and he was originally a bypass, listening to the discussion of government affairs between the two important ministers of the country, Yulan was curious, and he actually listened to it with relish.

The old lady and Min Chun talked for most of the hour.

After crossing over for so long, Yulan has only seen two sides of the old lady, both of whom have kowtowed to the crowd, and it is rare to have such an opportunity to see the demeanor of the first capable minister of Dachu. At this time, I found that he didn't talk much, but his judgment was accurate, and he was very familiar with the government affairs of various provinces and ministries. At first glance, he is a pragmatic and capable official, Yulan couldn't help but secretly admire, thinking that it was no wonder that the old lady could be an official for 40 years and a slaughterer for 30 years.

Look at Ye Minchun again, although he is not as experienced as the old lady, but he is extremely smart and skilled, he can understand it at one point, and he can learn it as soon as he learns, it is rare to be extremely humble, and there is no arrogance of the children of the royal family, Yulan also has to admit that this cousin is indeed a good talent inside and outside.

Yulan's every move did not escape the old lady's eyes. Although he discussed political affairs with Ye Minchun, he did not let go of observing Yulan. He saw that Yulan was not only not tired of these boring political affairs, but looked like he was relishing, and remembered what the old lady described to her, so he couldn't help nodding secretly.

At this time, the old lady picked up a note and asked, "Has His Royal Highness the Prince seen this note from the left servant of the Ministry of Works?" ”

Ye Minchun glanced at it and said, "I've seen it." ”

"What is the prince's opinion?"

Ye Minchun glanced at the old lady's face, and said slowly: "The prince means...... Collimate! The reason for this matter, I have to talk to Motosuke in detail. This time, the fourth son of the emperor, Zhao Wang, inspected Shandong on behalf of the sky, quite meritorious, and Emperor Xiao's concubine asked the emperor to award a reward on the grounds that King Zhao went to Beijing for the first time on an errand, and the emperor personally accepted it. The next day, when asked what reward King Zhao wanted, King Zhao said that he liked to take the imperial boat when he left Beijing, and wanted to transport it into the city as a souvenir. The emperor didn't think much about it at the time, so he agreed. Who knew that the imperial boat was transported to Jingshi, only to find that the hull was too large, and the city gate hole was narrow, so it was impossible to enter the city. The Ministry of Industry did not dare to dismiss the emperor's intentions, nor did it dare to offend His Royal Highness King Zhao, so he came up with such an idea, that is, to dismantle the city gate hole, and then rebuild it after the ship was transported in. Although the prince felt that it was inappropriate, he ...... Hey, he's hard too! ”

Yulan was dumbfounded when she listened: What kind of logic is this? Just to make King Zhao happy, he has to tear down the city gates?

The old lady's face did not change, and suddenly asked, "According to you, what should I do?" ”

Ye Minchun said: "According to my intentions, it is natural to reject this note." It is nonsense to transport such a huge ship into the city, which wastes manpower and material resources, but does not benefit the country and society in the slightest. It's just that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ......" A hint of shame appeared on his handsome face: "...... I still hope that the old man will open this mouth to the emperor. ”

When Yulan heard this, he couldn't help but think of the King of Jin who had eaten the deflated prince again and again, and his evaluation of him in his heart immediately dropped a few points. After all, the crown prince is the future monarch, and he doesn't fight with the emperor for such an obviously unreasonable thing, but hides behind and lets the cabinet charge. He only takes the results and does not take risks, and this kind of person is not without a workplace. However, the reputation is generally not very good.

In the future, he will rely on this group of old ministers to govern the world, and it is really short-sighted to not be good at this time.

The old man was not angry, but sighed tiredly: "Since His Royal Highness has this meaning, let me play His Majesty in person." ”

Ye Minchun was full of shame: "It's just that in this way, I'm afraid my grandfather will offend Emperor Xiao and King Zhao." ”

The old lady smiled faintly: "That's no way, if this pleats are approved like this, the officials will definitely be sealed back in the matter, and the prestige of the cabinet will definitely be damaged at that time." ”

Da Chu is a kind of official in the matter. The responsibility is to supervise administrative affairs, and the emperor has affairs to be handled by six departments, and he needs to go through six departments to give permission in the matter, and if he feels that there is a problem with the edict in the matter, he has the right to seal it back. This is obviously an unreasonable edict, and it must be returned in the matter, otherwise he will be impeached by the imperial history.

Yulan found out that the official of Shoufu is not so easy to be, when he encounters such a thing, listen to the emperor, it is inevitable that he will be poked in the backbone by the people, he will not listen to the emperor, and offend the emperor, and he will not please both ends.

The old lady smiled unexpectedly: "...... Anyway! You go back to the prince, I will sing this white face. ”

Yulan secretly gave a thumbs up: The old lady's responsibility is really rare. In contrast, the crown prince is somewhat narrow.

Ye Minchun stood up and shook it to the end: "My grandfather is for the country and the people, regardless of slander, Minchun admires it deeply!" ”

The old lady smiled and said, "These are all things that are within my responsibility, why do you have to be like this, get up!" ”

Yulan sat aside thoughtfully: It sounds like this King Zhao and that Emperor Xiao are very favored, although the old lady has a high prestige, but it is not a good thing to offend people in the officialdom after all. Is there a solution that can not offend the emperor and princess, but also handle things well? Countless images of transporting large goods in her previous life flashed through her mind. After all, with a lifetime of experience, her eyes lit up.

I couldn't help but be excited for a while, and I was about to speak, when I suddenly remembered that this was an era of extreme inequality between men and women, and it was a bit too abrupt for me to rashly mix in political affairs.

Seeing that she wanted to speak and stopped, the old lady couldn't help but smile and said, "What, does Lan'er have anything to say?" ”

Yulan hurriedly stood up and lowered her head and replied: "How dare my granddaughter talk about such a major military and political matter. ”

The old lady smiled: "There are no outsiders here tonight, you have nothing to say, but it doesn't matter." Ye Minchun remembered that she was right to that pair, so he also nodded at her and smiled encouragingly.

Yulan smiled: "Since grandfather said so, Yulan is rude." Lan'er had a rough idea, without demolishing the city gatehouse, she could bring the ship in. In this way, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds, without offending Emperor Xiao and King Zhao. ”

The old lady and Ye Minchun were shocked together, and they both showed incredible looks: "Is this true?" ”

Yulan lowered her head embarrassedly and said, "It's just an unformed idea." If you can show Yulan the schematic map of the city gate, maybe you can know whether the road is feasible or not. ”

The old lady has all the information here, and after a while, the eunuch who was waiting behind the old lady found a scroll of drawings for the city gate.

Ye Minchun unfolded the long strips of drawings, of course the drawings could not be compared with the modern precision drawings at this time, but Yulan saw that the section of the recessed battlements on the gatehouse matched his impression, and he was immediately relieved.

Yulan pointed to the battlements of the city wall on the map and said, "You can bring the ship in from here!" ”

Ye Minchun frowned and said, "The city wall is so high, how can you raise such a big ship to such a height?" ”

Yulan smiled and asked, "Can grandfather lend Yulan a pen and paper?" ”

The old lady did not allow it, and a little eunuch had the insight to spread out a piece of rice paper on the long case. Yulan dipped his pen in ink, and with a few brushes, he sketched a wooden shelf, on which a layer of wooden rails was laid, and on the wooden rails drew the appearance of a ship.

The old lady and Ye Minchun's eyes lit up.

Yulan put down her pen and pointed to this sketch and explained: "You can ask people to erect a wooden frame under the city gate, and then lay wooden rails on the wooden frame, the wooden frame is raised layer by layer, the hull is fixed with iron chains, and slowly rises to the ......" She frowned delicately, and thought for a while: "The hull will be a little difficult to move, if you add something to lubricate, it will save effort!" What to lubricate, she didn't think of for a moment. He smiled and said, "...... I can think of it as this is probably the case, the specific plan needs to be carefully considered, and it still requires a certain amount of manpower and material resources, but the city gate should not need to be demolished. ”

The old lady and Ye Minchun glanced at each other, and they both saw the hope in each other's eyes. The old lady said categorically: "I think this method is feasible!" ”

Ye Minchun slapped the table excitedly: "I'll go to the officials of the Ministry of Industry tomorrow to discuss." They are experienced and will be able to come up with a proper way to transport the ship according to their cousin's idea. ”

"Cousin Lan Xinhui is very good, Min Chun has only seen it in his life!" Ye Minchun looked at Yulan with a completely different gaze, with deep admiration. He suddenly stood up and gave a deep salute and said: "My cousin's words have saved a lot of money for the society and the country, and also solved the immediate problems for my grandfather and the prince, Min Chun wants to thank you very much!" "The emperor's temperament he understands, it's because his ears are soft and he has no idea, it is this time that the old lady refutes this recital, and it won't be long before Emperor Xiao and Concubine Xiao blow the wind on the pillow, and the emperor still wants to bring up the old things again. The old lady can refute it once and twice, but it is impossible to refute it three or four times, because the emperor is the emperor after all. The dignity of the Ninth Five-Year Plan has to be upheld by the Cabinet.

Yulan hurriedly avoided to the side, refusing to accept his salute: "Cousin is serious." It's not a big deal. Grandfather and cousin are redundant and complicated, but they didn't think of this method for a while, Yulan just said a word as a reminder, where dare to take credit! ”

The old lady took a deep look at Yulan and said three good words in a row, "It is the luck of my Yang Sect to have a woman like this!" You two don't have to be polite to each other. When I called Lan'er over today, I originally wanted to ask you some side things, but I didn't expect to help us solve such a problem by mistake. The old lady smiled heartily and looked very happy. It's a pity, it's a pity, although the second half of Lan'er's words ...... if a man is not spoken, everyone understands the meaning of the words.

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