The courtyard of the Emperor's Village was very lively, and from time to time there was a sound of laughter, and people passing by sounded like they were singing, but they didn't feel like it, because His Highness had never had this hobby. In the afternoon, a sharp-eyed person saw that there were more than a dozen beggars wearing tattered clothes and unkempt faces coming out of the courtyard, and he hurriedly reported the three stewards, but the nurses searched for a long time and found no trace of the beggars.

When it was dark, someone saw the chief steward come back with a wilted head, and then went to the inner courtyard, how to pull out a few bags of money, and how to pull it back, and no one was recruited. Soon news came from the inner courtyard that His Highness did not see him, but just told him to rest assured, His Highness had his own clever plan and let him go back and rest well......

It turned out that Sima Shu had long known that the chief steward would not be able to recruit people, because people like the chief steward were probably regarded as liars by the locals, so he secretly asked people to dress up as beggars and act separately, just in case.

At dawn the next day, the chief steward had gotten up early and walked around the yard, and he had hardly slept all night last night, his eyes were red, and the corners of his mouth were blistering. He sighed as he walked and sighed that his face was lost yesterday, he thought that he was going to recruit people with cash, and he gave money first without working, and those who couldn't survive last year were still rushing to sign up, but ......

"Alas!"

The chief steward sighed again, he found the head of the village and let him hold the gong and shouted in the village for a long time, only an old man with a crutch came to take a look, and went back without asking, he froze for a day and drank a stomach of northwest wind, stunned that no one was recruited back, he was worried about whether to go or not to go today, how to say, how to explain to the prince if he didn't recruit people if he didn't go.

"The chief steward, the chief steward...... " At this time, the door ran over in a panic and shouted.

"What's the panic, I've forgotten the rules!" The chief steward was in a bad mood, and reprimanded with a straight face.

"Yes, yes, the chief steward, outsiders have signed up!" Menzi swallowed and replied.

"What's your name?" The chief steward asked angrily, he was worried about signing up, and he was angry when he heard the registration.

"Sign up to repair the dam, there are one hundred and eighty people outside the door, and there are still people going this way, do you think the chief steward wants it or not?"

"Yes, why not, you quickly inform the secretary and let them prepare money, and I will go immediately!" The chief steward suddenly felt that there was really pie in the sky, and this is what is missing!

When the chief steward arrived at the door and saw the crowd, he was happy, "Chief steward, are you looking for someone to repair the dam and pay a month's salary first?" A man stepped forward and asked.

"Yes, not only do you pay a month's salary in advance, but you also take care of two meals a day after you start work, which Zhuangzi are you?" The archsteward replied.

"The chief steward, I am from Da Zhao Zhuang, the tenant of the Wang family, you won't coax us, right, this money was sent first, do you have to pay interest? In the past, I had to bring my own tools and dry food! The man said cautiously.

"No, as long as you sign and draw a pledge, you can get three times to go home first, and then go to the construction site to listen to the arrangement to work, and you will never be charged interest, and the future wages will be calculated once a month, and there will be no arrears!"

"Lao Zhao, don't ask this and that, I heard that I will recruit 2,000 people, if you don't go, I'll stop the way, I can trust that the prince of the mansion won't lie to us!" At this time, a man came over and pulled the man aside, squeezed over and said.

"That's right, this is the Imperial Village! The prince will not rely on our money, His Royal Highness the prince is a good person, and a few days ago I heard that the prince also sent money to the tenants in the imperial village. Those tenants were also cured by the prince when they were sick, and I heard that the prince also treated the craftsmen very well, and the craftsmen in our village are now working in the imperial village, not only with a lot of monthly money, but also with a monthly bonus! Come, come, get out of the way, I want to sign up! ”

"Brother Lei, don't pull me, I'm just asking, I'm going to sign up too, and I'm idle at home! Seeing that spring is about to begin, the family can't even afford to buy seeds, I also want to earn some money to buy some seeds quickly, and buy something for my family by the way! ”

"Hurry up in front, someone is coming in the back, and if there are more people later, we won't be able to report!"

"Let's go, don't mess around, stand up one by one!" At this time, more than a dozen people came out of the house carrying several large baskets of shiny copper coins, and the guards opened the field and shouted loudly.

"Folks, if you haven't eaten in the morning, you can come here to drink a bowl of bone broth and eat two baked cakes!" As he spoke, a few more handymen came out with food, set up two tables and shouted.

When a few people in front of them reported that they really received the money, and then sat on the edge of the table to drink soup and eat cooking cakes, the people behind them all believed it and stepped forward to sign up, "Second brother, don't eat, hurry home and call the third child, let him come quickly, maybe catch up!" ”

"Brother Huzi, when you go back to the village, shout, let the boss of my uncle's family come too, he can't open the pot at home!"

"Okay, okay, I'll call you when I pass by Dachen Village, I'm afraid that I won't be able to catch up with the few people recruited!"

"They deserve it, they went to their village to recruit people yesterday, and no one dared to come!"

"They made the bastard of the Wang family miserable, and they can't believe the good things!"

"Tell me later, what's going on? What's related to the Wang family? ”

"The chief steward is like this, the day before yesterday we suddenly received a message from the steward of the Wang family, they warned us not to associate with the people of Huangzhuang at will, saying that the people of Huangzhuang are from the capital, the rules are big, don't accidentally make a mistake and put the family in! Moreover, while ...... And...... They also said that the whole capital knew that the prince had a tyrannical personality and liked to whip people, in short, they did everything possible to prevent us from having any contact with Huangzhuang! ”

When the chief steward heard this, his face suddenly became gloomy, he felt that this matter was not simple, and sent someone away, so he hurriedly went to report it to Sima Shu.

"That's what the caller said?"

Sima Shu was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect that someone would really jump out to trouble him without opening his eyes. Ever since the recital was issued, he knew that he would come back sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to come so soon. It seems that the Wang family has acted as a pawn of the family, but I don't know what the attitude of the Li family is.

"Your Highness, this is true, many people at the door heard it at that time, if Your Highness doesn't believe it, you can call them to confront you, and the little ones don't dare to deceive Your Highness anyway."

"Hey, the steward is serious, it's not that this palace doesn't believe you, but the stakes are very important at this time, so you can't be careless and cautious. In this way, you go down first, and you will continue to be responsible for recruiting people, and go and call Lord Zu Li in addition. Sima Shu commanded.

Since Zu Ti returned, Sima Shu appointed him as the commander of the right guard, and his two brothers were also recruited by him and arranged to work under Jiang Tong and Du Xi respectively.

Jiang Tong and Du Xi are both the kind of people who are straight, and they are not suitable for these conspiracies, so they have to discuss with Zu Ti for the time being, and it was only then that Sima Shu found that there was still a lack of talents around him.

"I wonder what His Highness is looking for a minister?" Just as Sima Shu was pondering, Zu Ti walked up.

"Shizhi is here, you sit, the palace is looking for you to discuss something." Saying that, Sima Shu gathered together, and the news from the chief steward inquired all about Zu Ti.

"Your Highness, it seems that our trouble is coming, these families are really not easy to mess with."

As soon as Zu Ti heard it, he knew that it must be the prince's chapter that annoyed the family, and they wanted to give Sima Shu a warning, if Sima Shu had self-knowledge, he should successfully apologize and revoke the previous chapter.

Otherwise, what awaits Sima Shu will be more violent revenge, which is why Empress Jia spared no effort to stand on Sima Shu's side and push him to the forefront. Because Empress Jia herself comes from a family, she knows better than Sima Shu how powerful the family is in this era, and it is no exaggeration to say that the Sima family's country is the family's country.

"There will definitely be a lot of trouble in the future, but this palace doesn't take it to heart, but at the moment this royal family makes this palace a little embarrassed, before the father's will comes, this palace should not come forward to punish them, but if you don't teach them a lesson, this palace is afraid of their endless harassment."

"At present, the construction of Huangzhuang has begun, and the measures are being implemented in an orderly manner, if there is always a royal family around you, the palace is a little difficult to sleep, Shizhi can have a clever plan to teach me?"

Since the Wang family is a dog released by the family, if they don't hurt the other party, they will never be honest. But at present, Sima Shu is just a prince who went out of the palace to pray for the blessing of the first emperor, and he is not allowed to meddle in local affairs at all without major matters, let alone punish the Wang family.

Night, Wang's house

"Father, isn't it a little worthless for us to offend the prince like this?" The second son of the Wang family asked Wang Rende, the head of the family, with some uneasiness.

"Do you think the Wang family has any other choice?" Wang Rende glared at his son angrily, if he had other choices, he would not want to offend the future emperor.

"Father, second brother, you are too filtered. Hum? Don't look at the prince who is still the prince, who knows what the scene will be in a few years? The prince said with a look of disdain.

"Oh? Yong'er, but what secret information can't be found? Wang Rende's eyes lit up when he heard his eldest son's words.

"It's not a secret news, basically everyone in the capital knows about it. Today, when the son accompanied the people from the capital to have a drink, the other party told the child that the queen mother had long been dissatisfied with the prince and wanted to abolish him. It's just that the queen has not been able to do what she wants in the past, but now the prince has offended the whole family by tossing the question of what new policy, so the fate of the prince in the future can be imagined! ”

"Yes...... But eldest brother, since the queen is dissatisfied with the prince, why does she still support the prince in implementing the new policy? The second son of the Wang family asked puzzled.

"High, it's really high, this is exactly the queen's plan, she wants to put the prince on the stove and torture!" Before Wang Yong could answer his brother's questions, the old man Wang Rende reacted.

"Father is wise!"

"But father, aren't we afraid of the prince's revenge?" The second son of the Wang family is still a little worried that the prince will be angry with their Wang family.

"Hehe, brother rest assured, before we get the will of the Holy One, as long as we don't do too much, the prince has nothing to do with us. When the crown prince takes control of the new city in the future, maybe our whole family will move to the capital, and even if the prince wants to trouble us, he will not be able to do it for a long time, as for the future...... Hehe, as long as the Wang family's grade can be raised this time, don't say that the prince is the emperor, what can I do? I can see that this world is the world of the family. ”

Wang Yong's eyes shot a fanatical light when he mentioned the grade, in the Jin Dynasty, the grade of the family represents everything, with a high enough grade, the family can get enough benefits, and have enough say in the imperial court. The reason why the Wang family worked so hard against Sima Shu this time was because someone promised to list the Wang family as the next seven grades afterwards.

Don't underestimate this small grade, in the past, the Xincheng Wang family didn't even have a grade at all, at best, it was just a local wealthy family, and even the scholar clan couldn't reach it. At this time, the family was promoted to a scholar clan, which can be described as a step to the sky.