"Your Majesty, Wechen traveled with his family that day, and met His Royal Highness the Prince in the underwater world, this year His Royal Highness became more and more stable, and walked around with Wechen, after a long time, I saw Mrs. Xu again, just as we are all going into the dark abyss, the prince is in front, and the Xu family is also in front, they go in first, Wechen and his family are queuing, and then go in. When they came out, they were seen talking to Uncle Guo and Shi Hanqing. When my eldest brother-in-law and younger sister got married, Shi Hanqing once sent a slave to threaten Weichen, and Uncle Guo seemed to be very disgusted with Weichen, so we avoided it and dispersed. Song Jiu calmly told what had happened. also expounded his thoughts, that is, by coincidence, just like he met Zhao Dezhao, Zhao Dezhao met Xu, and then they met Wang Jixun and Shi Hanqing, it is impossible for so many people to go to the playground together.

How Zhao Kuangyin thinks about it, Song Jiu doesn't know what to do, but there is one thing, whether it is the prince, or the uncle, or the Xu family, these three people, as ordinary courtiers, should be less involved. So what did Xu say that day, he and Lao Han ran fast.

Zhao Kuangyin walked a few steps and asked, "Song Jiu, what do you think of Shi Hanqing?" ”

"Let Wechen stand from the perspective of His Majesty, or from the perspective of Wechen?"

"What's the difference?"

"From the perspective of His Majesty, you can't use people with hatred, but only by quantity, such as Zhang Mei, Your Majesty chooses the big and abandons the small, because Zhang Mei has quite a lot of political achievements in Cangzhou. The same is true from the Master's point of view, education is the mainstay, punishment is supplemented, rule by virtue is primary, and punishment is supplemented. ”

"Well said."

"Although loyal ministers and ministers are upright and outspoken, they often don't know how to be flexible, and if they are too flexible, they can easily become villains. Some officials are incorruptible. But they have no talent, and some officials are greedy. But there are great talents who are alarmed, such as Zhao Xianggong. ”

"You ......" Zhao Kuangyin was happy.

"Shi Hanqing is a villain. But His Majesty is in the deep palace, lacking eyes and ears, and the righteous gentleman disdains to do this, even the ministers disdain it, so His Majesty must use Shi Hanqing. This is Wei Chen's view from the perspective of His Majesty. But from the perspective of Weichen, whether it is Uncle Guo or Shi Hanqing, Weichen is not a direct minister, not a good minister. But he doesn't bother to be with him, even if the uncle is the uncle of the country, and Shi Hanqing is a cronie of His Majesty. On the contrary, the two kings hated Weichen very much because of Weichen's offense against him, but he governed Kaifeng Mansion smoothly, and Weichen should be respected. But no matter how good the two kings are to the micro-ministers, they must also distinguish between the light and the heavy. Weichen is loyal to the Great Song Dynasty, not Kaifeng. ”

"If I weren't the emperor......"

"Your Majesty is not the emperor. I will not be loyal to His Majesty, His Majesty is the emperor, and Weichen is loyal to His Majesty. It doesn't matter if Your Majesty is angry, this is Wei Chen's point of view. Don't dare to bully also. ”

"You kid!" Zhao Kuangyin touched his head and said, "Your wedding is imminent, I will give you a gift." ”

With a wave of the hand. The eunuch brought a small glass bowl from behind, and the workmanship was good. It is not much worse than the high-grade glazed bowl produced by Song Jiu's current glazed workshop, with a little bit of Hu Feng. The key is that this little bowl is really worthless right now. The workshop produces a large number of small bowls that are higher than this process, and the price is only two or three hundred yuan.

Song Jiu said in confusion: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

No matter how much it is worth, it is always a gift from the emperor.

The eunuch couldn't help but be happy when he saw Song Jiu's depressed expression on the side, and Zhao Kuangyin also shook his head and said, "Do you know why I gave it to you?" This is the glass bowl that Qian Yu, the king of Wuyue, got from the Fanren a few years ago, which was priceless at that time, and it is said to be worth thousands of dollars. He was reluctant to play with it and paid tribute to me. I am usually reluctant to use it, so when I give a big gift, I take it out for the ministers to play with, and only the closest ministers can see it. ”

"It turned out to be ......"

"I sometimes wonder what a treasure is."

"Your Majesty, there were very few things that were originally rare, and they will become less and less beautiful in the future, are treasures, whether they are all kinds of rare gems, or calligraphy, paintings, and antiques. However, Weichen thinks that the emperor's treasure is not the treasure of the people, and the emperor's treasure is talent. And as an emperor, you must not be greedy for treasures, as well as calligraphy, painting and antiques, so as not to become the second Tang lord. ”

"Well said, I'll give you another bracelet."

Song Jiu left the palace, went straight to Pan's house after leaving duty, first gave Zhao Kuangyin's bracelet to Pan Li'er, a very beautiful Khotanese jade bracelet, and then said to Tian: "Your Majesty summoned me into the palace today, saying that soon my father-in-law will be able to return to Beijing to take up his post." ”

"That's good, the official will be gone for a few years, Song Jiu, how long do you say you will stay?"

"Maybe soon, four or five years at the longest, three or two years at the shortest, it depends on the national strength of our dynasty and whether the Southern Han Dynasty has sent the time to come."

"After you and Li'er get married, I will go to Tanzhou with your father-in-law next spring."

"It's okay, Dalang they have also grown up, if the mother-in-law is not at ease with Wei Qing Weizheng, he will be handed over to me to take care of, especially Wei Zheng, he has not yet entered Taixue, I see that I can't learn anything from Taixue, it is better to let him stay in my school, study for a few years, if you see that he has a special skill in Confucianism, and then cultivate, maybe you can also take a Jinshi." If you are not interested, you can also learn some useful knowledge, so that you can become an official in the future. ”

"Where are you ......?"

"Mother-in-law, don't worry, I usually take care of the two children of the Zhang family, and I still know a lot of words. Prepare for him to take the exam next year to see if he can enter the first grade. Besides, it's right. ”

"I'm afraid that Weizheng won't be able to pass the test."

"Mother-in-law, the door can't get through, you can go through the back door."

Pan Li'er covered her mouth on the side, and Tian was at a loss: "What are you going through the back door?" ”

"Additional release."

"That's good," Tian breathed a sigh of relief, she had always wanted to go to the south, she went this year, and came back, it was precisely because of the summer heat in the south, there were many mosquitoes, and there were many mosquitoes. Adults can endure hardship, but children cannot let them suffer. The two eldest sons are idle all day long, and this son-in-law is not very reliable, but he is better than the two eldest sons. Then he said, "Stay for dinner and then go back." ”

"Whoa."

While the servants were preparing dinner, Tian said, "Since the officials are coming back, you should prepare an auspicious day to send a dowry." ”

"It's good."

"You handed over the glass workshop?"

"The accounts are being cleared, and the first month of next month will be handed over, just as the Hezhou store is opening. This is a time I deliberately chose to announce the results at the end of October. So that the stores can prepare stocks, otherwise the winter will be deep. The water is frozen, it will affect their business, business is weak in November, and business will be better in Layue, and all shops must be opened. ”

"How much money does the glaze workshop make?" As a mother-in-law, I asked about it, and the Song family has no elders, so of course, it still has to be handed over.

"It's been about a year and a half since it opened. I made some money, and by the end of this month, the gross income will be nearly 90,000 yuan. However, this money is expensive, and I will overdraft the school house to study 50,000 yuan immediately, which cannot be counted. ”

"So much?" Tian was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know whether she was saying that she was earning more or spending more. The only thing that is normal now is Yuping, who has been insensitive to spending on a large scale during this time.

"It's a bit much." Song Jiu said lightly. This is also forced, of course, Song Jiu has a lot of money in his hands, but there is a rule in Hezhou. I am afraid that the government will spend too much money, especially in Hezhou, that is, the gold cave. If you stay in it, you can use it up to 10,000 yuan a year. So there is a strict regulation. No one is allowed to overdraft before dividends. Including Song Jiu. There are two kinds of money used by Song Jiu, one is the income of the workshop, and the other is the income of Hezhou summer dividends.

Luckily, it's better than he expected, otherwise after a big wedding this year, not to mention the funds for researching cement, I'm afraid all the other expenses will be tight. In this way, Song Jiu was still a little worried about the problem of money. If he eats 108,000 yuan on the day of the wedding banquet, the money in his hand is still very nervous.

"How much does your river island divide in a year, and why did you hand it all over?"

"It's not all handed over, it's handed over to Hezhou to operate, the control is in my hands, if I don't make some concessions, Zhuya will be unfair in his heart. Besides, I just need enough money, but I don't have enough money now? ”

Tian's words were stopped, and he said for most of the day: "Why did Wang Quanbin bother to do evil in Bashu? ”

"Yes, General Wang robbed and embezzled in Bashu, and finally got hundreds of thousands of dollars, which were confiscated by the imperial court at once, and I am afraid that there are still nearly 100,000 yuan in his hands that have not been handed over, but the official has also been degraded, and the reputation has also been born. It doesn't matter, because of him, how many people died in Bashu? At least 100,000 people. If he would be content, and only greedy for the 100,000 yuan he has in his hand now, then so many evil things have come? So I have to learn to be content, which is why I took the initiative to pay taxes and took the money out to try it. But you can pay taxes, you can test, and you can't donate. ”

"Why?"

"After trying it, how many people will not be grateful. Donate, called buying people's hearts. As a minister, what do you do to buy people's hearts? ”

"The old body finally understands what your majesty is doing, and you will be promoted again and again."

"This is learned from Lu Zhixian, small things are confused, but big things can't be confused."

Tian also breathed a sigh of relief, she was also worried, afraid that Song Jiu would not have enough money in his hands, this was not a lack of money. After dinner, Pan Li'er sent Song Jiu out of the door, this was at Pan's house, and Tian didn't ask. Pan Li'er whispered: "Bad guy, what did you do to the little lady of the Song family in the cave?" ”

"I didn't do anything."

"Then why does she look weird?"

"Oh, I know, she was scared, she shrank into my arms at once, and then she ran away."

"No wonder, you can't tease her."

"Don't worry, look at me at the age of twenty-two, I am still as guarded as jade, Huanghua boy, you still don't believe in this character?"

"Go, what a guard like jade, yellow flower boy, it's hard to hear," Pan Li'er chuckled and closed the door.

At the beginning of the dowry gift, the dowry of nearly 40,000 yuan, think about Lu Mengzheng's super super mansion is only 10,000 yuan, Song Jiu's house has been completed and decorated, and it is barely less than 2,000 yuan, Zhao Kuangyin rewarded the minister with 10,000 yuan to remember the history books, what kind of concept is this 40,000 yuan dowry?

Song Jiu is very "low-key" and can't give an ordinary dowry, so the thousand-person dowry brigade will make the entire people of the capital dumbfounded once they set off. So he would rather choose the expensive one than the right one, which compressed the dowry into a team of 300 people.

But there are three things indispensable, the rich and noble family must have three gold, gold hairpins, gold bracelets, gold pendants, ordinary people are replaced by silver or gilding, if it is a non-commissioned officer's house, there must be gold sleeves, yellow Luo pin gold skirt, forging red long skirt, red Su Luo big sleeves, others such as the above fine and miscellaneous color forging silk, Zhu Cui special bun, four o'clock flower crown, Zhu Cui row ring, flower tea fruit, fruit sheep wine, this depends on the property of the two families, do what you can. In fact, marriage in the Song Dynasty became more and more extravagant, and the man was uncomfortable, and the woman was even more uncomfortable. It's a little better now, go to the next list to catch a son-in-law, and the woman's dowry is even more comparable, if you catch a jinshi and come back, then wait to spend money. In order to make Comrade Xiao Huang happy, the money alone is worth five million, which is only a small amount in the marriage, and there are more other expenses, as well as a wedding banquet that costs a lot of money, in order to catch this son-in-law, the starting price of the Wang family's marriage is more than 30,000 yuan!

The daughter is also getting more and more upside down, Song Shenzong's younger brother Zhao Hao has too many daughters, that is the real imperial brother, the Empress Dowager Gao likes him very much, usually the reward is not known how many, and there are various industries, but one daughter marries, two daughters marry, marrying and marrying the second Zhao is dizzy, and finally has to discuss with Song Shenzong, we have no money to marry our daughter, can you first spend my salary? As a result, some people's daughters can survive until they are forty years old and not get married. The dowry of the good ones was insufficient, and the bad ones couldn't look down on them, so they slowly boiled it up, so that Sima Guang couldn't stand it, saying that the men could not be more than 30 years old at the latest, and the women could not be more than 20 years old at the latest, and all of them had to get married. But who listened to him, Bai Fumei had to wait for Gao Fu Shuai, Gao Fu Shuai did not mention it, those scholars also tried to make themselves rich and handsome, so they studied hard, hoping to be famous, Hangzhou had a son at the age of seventy-three, Song Gaozong came out of the Shi clan to marry, Chinese New Year's Eve, someone asked how old the groom was, and replied fifty years ago twenty-three.

When the dowry gift came, it was simplified and condensed into essence, and many people were still dumbfounded. But Tian has a headache at home, how can he accompany this dowry? If you get face, the dowry will become a big problem for the Pan family.

It's okay, the Pan family wiped their faces and accompanied them casually, but that really became a sale of their daughter, did the Tian family dare to carry this burden? (To be continued......)