"The red candle was stopped in the cave room last night, and I will worship my aunt in front of Xiaotang. Makeup asked the husband in a low voice, is there a thrush depth? —Don Zhu Qingyu.

Huang E, a newlywed daughter-in-law, seems to have matured a lot overnight. She turned fifteen years old half a year ago, and if she counts the virtual age, she is sixteen, which is the time to get married in ancient times.

Following her husband to visit her in-laws, Huang E ate some breakfast and continued to catch up on sleep.

No way, I slept too late last night.

It's not that she was tossed by Wang Yuan, after all, the girl has to be leisurely. It's that Huang E himself was so excited that he couldn't sleep, hugging Wang Yuan and talking all the time, just like the words in his heart that he had accumulated for several lifetimes, and he had to finish it in one night.

It was close to noon when she woke up again, and Xia Chan came in with a basin of warm water: "Miss, get up quickly, the sun has already sunburned your butt!" ”

Huang E admonished: "Chan'er, let's marry here, we can be gentle, and my daughter's family is not allowed to talk about buttocks." ”

Xia Chan smiled: "But the master told me to be more comfortable, saying that there is no need to be so restrained." The master is good, there is no shelf at all, and the rules in the house are not as many as the Huang family. ”

Huang E said: "The second brother doesn't care about small things, and he doesn't worry about big things. The door of the side door has changed again, and because of the private collection of money from guests, even the housekeeper Zhou Chong was fined for three months. ”

"How can there be a door that doesn't collect money, the master is a little unkind." Xia Chan said.

Huang E explained: "The second brother said that this is like a small official in the world, holding the court but secretly greedy for ink. There are even small officials who don't want to be luke, and work for the government for free, and scavenge oil and water on the people to make money. The government seems to have reduced expenditures, but what it has lost is the prestige of the imperial court, and the roots of the Daming Society have been broken from it. Governing the family is like governing the country, and it must start with the rule of officials. ”

"How can you be so exquisite," Xia Chan said with a smile, "But the people in the house have a lot of money, and I received eight coins of silver this morning." ”

Five dollars of silver is not as good as a cotton spinning worker, but Xia Chan has no extra expenses, food and accommodation are at home, and all the silver can be saved as private money. Such a high salary is already equivalent to many concubines in the capital, which is also related to Xia Chan's status. The housemother is just a personal maid, equivalent to the head of the maid in the family, but she is too young to take care of things.

As for the other servants of the Wang family, the salary is also slightly higher than the overall level of the capital, and the high salary and incorruptibility are also applicable to the management of the family.

Those few men who were removed by Wang Yuan had a miserable end and were directly sold as miners!

Do you think Wang Yuan is making a big fuss?

Tell two true stories to make it clear:

First, in history, Yan Song's power leaned towards the opposition, he himself was not very greedy, but his son and house slaves were very powerful. A house slave named Yan Yongnian, nicknamed "Hecheng", the ministers of the court and the central government had to send money to Ah, and also exchanged poems and texts with officials, and the scholars called him "Mr. Caoshan".

Second, in history, when Zhang Juzheng was in power, there was a house slave named You Shouli, nicknamed "Chu Bin". Eunuchs, civil officials, and military generals have stammered, calling him "Mr. Chu Bin", and even forming a family with civil and military officials as domestic slaves!

As the saying goes, the seven officials in front of the prime minister, this is not a joke.

If you don't take precautions, when Wang Yuan really becomes an important minister, these servants don't know how many moths they will make.

……

Xia Chan served Huang E to freshen up again, and this girl was chattering from beginning to end, all about the Wang family's inner house.

In the past, there was no hostess in the house, and the overall affairs were managed by Zhou Chong, and Gewutang and Zhizhitang were managed by Hong Laifu.

Now, what should be divided will be divided, and Huang E should also learn how to take care of the house.

Wang Yuan suddenly walked in and said with a smile, "Xia Chan, I heard your voice from afar." It's a good thing you don't call the cicada next to the word worm, otherwise you would have preferred to talk. ”

Xia Chan was surprised: "Master, you are so smart. When I was a child, my name was Xia Chan, Miss...... No, it's ma'am. Madame thought I was talking too much, and she was like a stranger in the tree, so she changed my name. ”

When Wang Yuan heard this, he laughed.

Huang E tidied up his makeup, and then got up and saluted: "Husband! ”

Wang Yuan took Huang E's hand, and before the couple could say a few words, Yuan Da hurriedly ran to report: "Second brother, the emperor and Concubine Zhuang are here!" ”

In the past, the emperor paid a private visit to Weifu, and the servants did not know the details, but today he came with a guard of honor, and the entire Wang family was in a mess.

Wang Quan, Wang Jiang and Wang Meng don't know etiquette, and they don't know how to follow the procedure. They could only take the servants to the main gate, and they knelt down a large area, learning to shout "Long live the emperor" and "Niang Niang Chitose".

"Let's all get up," Zhu Houzhao said with a smile, "The two of you are Erlang's parents?" ”

Wang Quan hurriedly knelt down with his wife and eldest son: "Grass people...... Uh, Xiaguan Wang Quan, back to Your Majesty, Xiaguan is Erlang's father. ”

Zhu Houzhao smiled and helped them up: "You have raised a good son." ”

Wang Quan's legs were all weak, he was a military household when he was young, and low-ranking officers could call him at will. I never dreamed that one day, the emperor would personally support him. Wang Quan suddenly burst into tears, trembling with excitement: "Your Majesty is very kind, the Wang family will remember it from generation to generation, and you must bow for Your Majesty...... Bow ......"

Wang Meng read a little more and reminded: "Do your best." ”

"Yes, do your best!" Wang Quan hurriedly said.

"Hahahaha!"

Zhu Houzhao laughed heartily and asked Wang Meng again: "I heard that you know martial arts?" How does it compare to Jiro? ”

Wang Meng replied: "The minister is far inferior. ”

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "Erlang is brave and unparalleled, naturally no one can compare, as Erlang's brother, you must also be brave." A few days ago, Wei Ying said something about Guizhou, you wear Qingzhai and there are hundreds of righteous people to suppress thieves for the country, and the reward has not been agreed. I promoted you to a hereditary thousand-household, led 800 troops, and guarded the thousands of households. The hundreds of righteous people in Qingzhai have all been turned into military households, and they all have land rewards! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wang Meng was overjoyed and knelt on the ground again and kowtowed.

This appointment is really not a whim of Zhu Houzhao, but Wei Ying's suggestion when he played right in the leopard room.

To the north of Zazuo, where Xifeng Qianhu is located, it was captured twice by the Miao rebels, not only did Qianhu and Deputy Qianhu die, but even their descendants were killed, and there were few soldiers left in Qianhu.

Now, the Zazuo chief's lawsuit has been changed and returned to the stream, and the Tusi soldiers have been automatically dismissed and transformed into fast arresters and government servants. As a result, there were not enough soldiers to guard such an important transportation artery from Banzhou in Sichuan to Guiyang.

So Wang Meng was thrown away as a hereditary thousand households, and his descendants guarded the thousands of households in Xifeng for generations, and hundreds of volunteers in Qingzhai were also transferred to the official army. Some of the ownerless fields on Xifeng's side were used for military fields, and some were given to soldiers for private land.

It seems to have picked up a big bargain, but if the Banzhou Yang clan rebels, the first stop in the attack on Guizhou is here!

Wang Quan, Wang Jiang and Wang Meng accompanied the emperor and Concubine Zhuang to go inside, and met Wang Yuan and Huang Exiao halfway.

"Knock on Your Majesty!"

Wang Yuan pulled Huang E to salute the emperor.

"Get up," Zhu Hou glanced at Huang E, and said sideways to Concubine Zhuang, "Sure enough, the talented woman is a beautiful couple." ”

Concubine Zhuang smiled: "Wang Erlang has a good eye. ”

Wang Yuan and Huang E hurriedly thanked them modestly.

Zhu Houzhao said again: "Erlang, I originally wanted to drink your wedding wine yesterday, but I was confused by the gang of wrecks in the military department. ”

"Bingbu?" Wang Yuan didn't know why.

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said: "The matter over there in Liaodong, the barbarians have come to loot again. ”

Not long ago, the Jurchen tribe brought in from Kaiyuan, robbed the goods and ran away. The eunuch Wang Zhi and the general Gao Qin were very angry, so they led their soldiers to chase them out, but they were ambushed on the way, besieged for several days, and returned with heavy casualties.

Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and it is a normal situation, at most, Wang Zhi and Gao Qin will be punished for underestimating the enemy's rash advance.

As a result, the bigwigs of the military department had a convulsion, thinking that Kaiyuan, Taining, Haixi, Jianzhou and other places were barbaric, and the imperial court allowed them to graze cattle at will outside the border walls. The distance was so close, and the local guards were negligent in guarding against it, which caused the Jurchen barbarians to easily enter and plunder. In order to cover up their crimes, the border generals always let the thieves leave and went abroad to kill the barbarian herdsmen. In order to take revenge, the barbarian leader came to loot again, and the grievances and grievances were endless.

Therefore, the Ministry of War suggested that the Liaodong border army should kill the enemy within the border wall before they could repay the merit and ask for rewards. If you go out of the border wall five miles away, even if you kill countless people, you will be guilty of provoking without permission!

This time it should also be dealt with severely, all the relevant side generals should be dismissed, and the town guard eunuchs should be arrested and waited for their fate.

There were indeed many people in the eastern Liaodong border who were afraid of the enemy and did not dare to fight with the Jurchens who entered the Kou, but instead sent the thieves out of the country, and then led the troops to kill the herdsmen of the Jurchen tribe. This practice should be strictly prohibited, but it is particularly nonsense to stipulate that if you go out and win a battle, you must also be punished for provoking without permission. It will inevitably make the situation in Liaodong limited to passivity, and in the future it can only be beaten and then change hands, and the enemy will not dare to chase too hard after he runs.

Zhu Houzhao was so angry that he called the secretary of the military department to scold him, and completely repudiated the resolution of the military department.

Even Zhu Houzhao said that the Liaodong border army can be killed at will, as long as it is a real barbarian, regardless of men, women, and children, they can be rewarded for their merits.

The Ministry of War objected to this, but gave a compromise opinion, that is: the Jurchen barbarians are close to the border wall for a hundred miles, and the Liaodong border army can send troops to fight, and only the heads of the young and strong barbarians can repay the merits. If the barbarians did not invade the border and grazed cattle hundreds of miles away, the officials and soldiers of Liaodong were not allowed to leave the country and kill indiscriminately.

Zhu Houzhao quarreled with the Ministry of War for a whole day, and finally reluctantly agreed to the compromise of the Ministry of War.

In fact, both sides have a point, and Zhu Houzhao considered it purely from a military point of view.

And the Ministry of War thinks more, if according to Zhu Houzhao's statement, the Liaodong Border Army doesn't go out every day to "fight the grass valley"? Chop off the heads of a few old people and children, and you can get them back to repay your merits, what will the court take to reward them? Once the indiscriminate killing becomes commonplace, it will inevitably intensify the border contradictions and force a scattered Jurchen tribe to unite to attack the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Houzhao told the matter, and Wang Yuan was silent, because he thought of the rise of the Jurchen tribe.

At this time, the Jurchen is indeed scattered, but when it encounters a fierce man, it is impossible to say.

Zhu Houzhao scolded the military department again, and then went to dinner with the Wang family.

After the news came out, the entire capital was envious. The emperor actually took Concubine Zhuang in person to celebrate on the second day of Wang Yuan's wedding, and he couldn't find a second home for such preferential treatment.