Chapter 0569: Changes in the Two Provinces (I)
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When Mrs. Du was going to Yang's mansion, Yang Qi did not send someone to inform Lao Yang and She Saihua in advance.
The reason why Lao Yang and She Saihua hurriedly ran outside the mansion was to see Yang Si.
Now that I saw Mrs. Du and her party, it was a surprise, but I didn't see Yang Si, so She Saihua was unwilling.
Yang Qi hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "The matter of the fourth brother is a long story, and I will explain it to you in detail when I get back." β
She Saihua raised her eyebrows and nodded.
Lao Yang simply snorted coldly and swaggered into the mansion.
She Saihua took Mrs. Du's hand and entered the mansion together.
Yang Qi led the others to follow closely.
There are guests in Yang's Mansion, which is a thing worth celebrating.
Since Yang Qi was named the Tiger Marquis, there have been very few guests to the Yang Mansion.
In addition to the people who came and went, it was almost difficult for She Saihua and Lao Yang to entertain the guests in person.
Everyone else thinks that although the Yang Mansion is big and the Yang family is strong, it will be destroyed by the imperial court sooner or later, so they are unwilling to have anything to do with the Yang family.
lest the city gate catch fire and cause damage to the fish in the pond.
In short, there are very few people who are optimistic about the Yang family.
After the group entered the mansion, She Saihua ordered people to prepare a banquet, and the Yang Mansion began to hold a banquet.
Mrs. Du, Du Qing, Du Jin'e, Mu Yu, and Xiao Loli were invited into the main hall of the Yang Mansion, and the rest of the people from Dujiazhai and Mu Kezhai stayed in the martial arts arena.
After Cao Lin returned to the house, she saw that the things used for martial arts training in the martial arts arena were removed, and a group of guys who she regarded as bandits were eating and drinking in the courtyard, and they were having fun.
Inside the main hall.
After a large table of dishes was ready, Lao Yang led everyone to the table.
Little Lori saw a big table of delicious food and shouted for food with joy.
Yang Qi doted on little Lori, hugged her in his arms, and helped her clip her favorite food.
Seeing everyone looking at him sideways, Yang Qi explained with a smile: "My daughter-in-law." β
Mu Yu's face was completely black, and he couldn't even eat the food.
At the family banquet in this Yang Mansion, Yang Qi openly announced that Xiao Lori was his daughter-in-law, which was regarded as confirming the status of Xiao Loli.
Lao Yang frowned dissatisfied, but didn't say anything.
She Saihua asked puzzledly, "Xiao Zongwei's?" β
Yang Qi hesitated for a moment and said with a smile: "That's not necessarily, it depends on how many sons I have in the future, which one is excellent, and which one can please this girl, she is the daughter-in-law of that one." β
Cao Lin, who had just entered the main hall, was shocked when she heard Yang Qi's words.
Wise, she had realized that her son seemed to have lost something, but on second thought, she didn't care so much.
Behind her, there is a strong in-law.
"Lang Jun ......"
After Cao Lin took the first awakening to salute Lao Yang and the others, he stood behind Yang Qi and called softly.
Yang Qi waved his hand, "Sit down." β
Cao Lin sat down with Chu Xing.
The banquet continued.
Yang Qi didn't pay much attention to Cao Lin, and was bent on teasing little Lori, and Cao Lin's teeth were itching.
Cao Lin simply snatched Xiao Yang Qi directly from the nurse's hand and stuffed it into Yang Qi's arms.
Yang Qi held Xiao Lori in one hand and Xiao Yang Qi in the other, looking a little helpless.
Seeing Yang Qi's panicked appearance, Cao Lin began to eat satisfied.
is still a newcomer to the virtuous, she saw that Yang Qi couldn't cope with it, so she temporarily helped him take care of the little Lori.
On the dinner table.
Lao Yang asked Mrs. Du, "Sister of the Du family, what happened back then?" β
Mrs. Du sighed: "When the Northern Song Dynasty invaded Taiyuan, my lord fought to the death and did not surrender, and finally died with his subordinates. I was left with orphans and widows, and women and children with a family.
At that time, I fled all the way south with a family of women and children, and arrived at the Two Wolves Mountain and fell into the grass.
I met Qing'er again, I saw that Qing'er was a good child, and my father didn't leave a boy, so I accepted Qing'er as a righteous son on behalf of the Du family, continuing the Du family's incense. β
She Saihua was concerned: "Why didn't you come to us?" β
Mrs. Du shook her head with a wry smile and said, "Back then, I really wanted to settle down in the Two Wolves Mountain for a while, and then go to Bianjing to find you." It's just that as soon as I settled down later, all kinds of trivial matters were involved, and in a blink of an eye, ten years passed. β
"Creation makes people ......"
Lao Yang sighed, "Now that I have arrived at Yang's Mansion, I will go home." β
Mrs. Du nodded heavily, and greeted Du Qing and Du Jin'e: "Qing'er, Jin'e, come over to see Uncle Yang, Aunt Yang." β
Du Qing and Du Jin'e stood up and saluted.
"Meet Uncle Yang, Aunt Yang."
Lao Yang nodded, he had seen it.
She Saihua said in surprise: "Jin E has grown so big. β
Lao Yang said: "He Qilang can be married to the belly, and he is generally big. β
She Saihua nodded and said, "Then choose a day to get married." β
She Saihua looked at Mrs. Du and said, "Sister of the Du family, what do you think?" β
Mrs. Du smiled happily: "That's exactly what I mean." β
Yang Qi thought that his marriage to Du Jin'e would have to go through more twists and turns after returning to the house, but he didn't expect that Lao Yang and She Saihua already had an idea in their hearts, and the husband and wife settled the matter as soon as they sang and harmonized.
"Hiss~"
Yang Qi suddenly gasped and realized that a jade hand had reached his waist and was twisting the soft flesh on his waist.
Yang Qi turned his head and glared at Cao Lin.
Cao Lin raised her eyebrows at Yang Qi defiantly.
The banquet continues.
When Mu Yu was introduced, Lao Yang praised Mu Yu for a long time without hesitation.
Lao Yang has been famous for Mu Yu for a long time, and when Lao Yang was in Yanmen Pass, he had always had the intention to bring Mu Yu into his account, but he never found the opportunity.
Now, Mu Yu was impressed by Yang Qi.
A meal took three hours.
Everyone didn't actually eat much, they were all catching up and drinking.
After she was full of wine and food, She Saihua instructed Cao Lin to arrange for everyone to rest, and she and Lao Yang dragged Yang Qi to the back hall.
In the courtyard of the back hall, the fourth sister-in-law was already waiting in the flower hall.
"Tell me, have you found Shiro?"
The three of them surrounded Yang Qi from three sides, if it weren't for the concerned look in their eyes, Yang Qi would have thought that he would be judged in the three halls.
Yang Qi glanced at them, sighed, and said, "The person was found, but he couldn't bring it back." β
"Shiro is still alive?"
The fourth sister-in-law and She Saihua were overjoyed, and Lao Yang was obviously relieved.
Yang Qi said with emotion: "Not only is he alive, but he is also alive and nourishing. β
Lao Yang glared at him and said, "Don't sell it, say it quickly." β
Yang Qi hurriedly described his experience of looking for Yang Si in general.
After listening to Yang Qi's description.
The fourth sister-in-law's face turned pale.
Lao Yang and She Saihua said in shock: "Are you saying that Shilang was rescued by the princess of Liao, and the two fell in love for a long time, and he became the concubine of Liao?" β
Yang Qi nodded.
Lao Yang said arrogantly: "This can't be ......"
Yang Qi rolled his eyes and said, "At this point, is it necessary for me to lie to you?" β
"Bang!"
Lao Yang slapped one hand on the stone table, and the stone table cracked a crack in the middle, which shows how deep Lao Yang is exerting force.
"Rebel!"
Lao Yang gritted his teeth and roared.
Yang Qi's fourth sister-in-law fainted directly.
She Saihua had tears in her eyes, and hurriedly helped her fourth sister-in-law back to her room to rest.
β¦β¦
For the next three days, Lao Yang closed the door and did not come out, She Saihua secretly wept, and the fourth sister-in-law hid in the room and washed her face with tears all day long.
Yang Qi became the busiest person in the mansion.
Mu Yu and these people need to be resettled, and the official documents that have been piled up for half a year need to be processed.
Regarding the placement of Mu Yu and the others, Yang Qi decided to arrange them to Fuxing Mansion City after discussing with Mu Yu.
Mu Yu still rejected Yang Qi's proposal to recruit him as a general, and planned to go to the martial arts academy as a teacher.
The Martial Academy is in Fuxing Mansion, so it is more appropriate to arrange Mu Yu and his party in the Martial Academy.
The relationship between the Du family and the Yang family is irreversible, and Du Jin'e will become Yang Qi's concubine again.
A family that can be said completely.
However, Mrs. Du still rejected Yang Qi's proposal to keep them in the Yang Mansion, and prepared to live in the Fuxing Mansion as well.
In Mrs. Du's words, Du Qing inherited the incense of the Du family, and as the only remaining elder of the Du family, it is necessary for her to urge Du Qing to strengthen the Du family.
After staying at Yang's house for three days, Mu Yu, Mrs. Du and their party set off for Fuxing Mansion with Yang Qi's handwritten letter.
Only Du Jin'e and Xiao Lori stayed in the Yang Mansion, in fact, Mu Yu wanted to take Xiao Lori away, but Yang Qi sternly refused.
Yang Qi was ready to leave Little Lori by his side and teach him personally.
Du Jin'e was alone in Yang's mansion and seemed a little lonely, so Yang Qi asked Chu Xing to accompany her for the time being.
After that, Yang Qi plunged into the study and never came out again.
In half a year, Datong and Fuxing have undergone earth-shaking changes with the support of a large amount of money.
The territory of the two provinces has rapidly entered a period of vigorous development.
So far, all roads in the two provinces have been preliminarily completed.
The scale of the official road has exceeded the standard of the official road of the Great Song Dynasty.
Even if it's windy or rainy, it won't get muddy.
Not only that, due to the vastness of the official road between the two prefectures, there were also horse-drawn carriage lines on the official road.
Now the peddlers and pawns in the two provinces no longer need to travel long distances on their legs.
Almost every day, there are a large number of horse-drawn carriages passing on the official roads in the two provinces.
In view of this problem, Kou Zhun has a new proposal, which is to reduce the number of post stations that have been set up on official roads.
Because of the large number of horse-drawn carriages and the frequent patrols of military guards, the number of robbers on the official roads became less and less.
Many post stations have been abandoned because of this.
There are also many post stations, which have been completely transformed into inns.
Yang Qi instructed on the document of Kou Zhun that some post stations could be appropriately banned, but all inns set up along the official road must be checked from time to time.
The reason why Yang Qi wanted to do this was mainly in the Great Song Dynasty, where it often happened that the people at the post station were slaughtered, and the bandits took their place to do things that did not work, and sometimes there were those who specialized in destroying roads.
In addition to this matter, Kou Zhun also asked Yang Qi for instructions on the matter of allocating funds to the Fuxing Mansion.
Last year's autumn harvest, the grain in the two prefectures and Datong Prefecture obtained an unprecedented bumper harvest.
Basically, after paying enough taxes required by the government, there is still a lot of surplus, so the people in Datong Mansion gradually began to enter a period of barely starving.
This was a rare thing in ancient times.
After all, in ancient times, even in the richest capital, there were many people who worked hungry all day long.
Compared with Datong Mansion, the situation of Fuxing Mansion is much worse.
A large number of fields in Fuxing Province were newly cultivated in the last year.
Winter wheat will not be harvested until this summer.
During this period, the majority of the people of Fuxing Province were still in a state of precariousness.
Because, the government must provide food to help the people get through this difficulty.
In this regard, Yang Qi directly approved a quasi-word.
In addition, Kou Zhun also asked for instructions on the vacancies of officials in various places, private schools, colleges, and colleges.
Although at Kou Zhun's suggestion, Yang Qi expanded the three prefectures into two prefectures, narrowing the demand for officials, but there is still a large shortage of officials at the grassroots level.
In a county-level yamen, there are generally four chief officials of the county order, the county official, the main book, and the canonical history.
However, the current Datong Mansion has barely achieved the quota of three chief officials in one county.
In Fuxing Prefecture, there are many county-level yamen, only one county order, and the rest of the officials are completely inadequate.
Kou Zhun asked Yang Qi to see if he could get a civil servant evaluation system or something, absorb talents as soon as possible, and fill the vacancies in the yamen.
In this regard, Yang Qi agreed, and issued a long assessment system.
At the same time, in order to make officials at all levels have a head, he also carried out a more detailed official hierarchy system on the original level system, and also gave different treatment for different levels.
Yang Qi didn't have more high-ranking officials to motivate his officials for the time being, so he was particularly generous in terms of gold and silver.
Basically, the difference in treatment at one level can be described as a world of difference.
The problem of official vacancies has been resolved, as well as the issue of colleges at all levels.
At present, preparations have been made for academies at all levels in villages, counties, and prefectures.
Attracted by Yang Qi's policy of not only teaching children to read, but also taking care of food, a large number of children have poured into the private school and started to study.
It's just that compared with the private schools in the villages, the county schools in the counties, the martial arts institutes and the Datong academies in the two prefectures, they are all in a state of shortage of students.
In other words, except for the private schools that are in full swing teaching, the schools of the rest of the classes are still in a cold state.
In response to this situation, Yang Qi gave his own suggestions.
He hoped that Kou Zhun could set up an assessment system in colleges at all levels in view of the current situation, and recruit students from the two prefectures on a large scale, without setting an age rate.
In addition, every year, a group of outstanding talents are selected from the academy and recruited to the yamen or appointed in the army.
Yang Qi believes that as soon as this news comes out, the major colleges will definitely not worry about the source of students.
Those who are idle in the people, or those who have a career but can't find a way, will not miss this opportunity.
There are even those who have ambitions and want to serve Yang Qi, and they will also enter the academy.
As for some people who think very highly of themselves and completely ignore the olive branch thrown by Yang Qi, Yang Qi doesn't care.
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