Chapter Seventy-Four: Hidden Worries

Rich and easy to do, with strong financial support, the original four Zhuangzi of Zhao Mansion were all abandoned, and the main road, the palace on both sides of the Baishui River was selected to rebuild a new village, which was called East Zhaozhuang, West Zhaozhuang, South Zhaozhuang and North Zhaozhuang according to the direction, forming the trend of the stars holding the moon. Each village implements the protection system according to the law of the imperial court, ten households and one first, one hundred households and one guarantee, and one village sets up a big guarantee.

Dabaozheng is concurrently served by the steward of the prefecture, and the chief of the first and the chief of the bao, Zhao Ta is not appointed by the amount of property according to the custom, but is elected by the people to be able and loyal. Then Zhao Ta equipped the new farm tools and livestock according to the armor, of course, it was not free of charge, and they needed to pay in installments. Each harvester, threshing machine, rice transplanter, and cultivation and fertilization machine each have one each, which is usually managed and maintained by the chief of the Bao.

Some A buy cattle, some A is relatively poor, can only rely on manpower to drag, which requires the cooperation between the households, Zhao Ta also relied on the sharing of interests, the scattered self-sufficient tenants united together, so that a single household into a small interest group, and formed a large group, and finally united around the palace, although this method is primitive, but at this stage is also the most practical.

The popularization of semi-mechanized agricultural tools will inevitably shorten the time for farmers to manage the land, and people have more free time. Those who are willing to work, there is a shortage of manpower in each workshop; You say I'm stupid and can't learn anything, it's okay, the wharf is built, the various raw materials needed by the workshop are constantly sent in, and the finished products need to be sold, you can carry the big one as a stevedore, as long as you have the strength to earn a family of food and drink, some flexible minds and skills even opened a chicken feather shop in the open space on the edge of the wharf, make some food, provide accommodation... Tenants have benefited from a series of changes and have seen hope!

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This year, Zhao Ta's manor has begun to take shape after his struggle, but the DPRK and China are chaotic and the party is constantly fighting, and it has entered the era of 'Warring States'.

First of all, Tong Guan, a dead eunuch, no, a dead servant, since he was favored by the emperor, Cai Jing's care, serving the favor and power, and comparing friends with traitors, aroused strong dissatisfaction from the government and the opposition, and increasingly did not take the courtiers seriously. He falsely preached the holy decree, appointed officials at will, and did not go through Zhongshu Province, and even Cai Jingjing knew nothing. The estrangement between the two is getting deeper and deeper, and they often quarrel above the temple.

Cai Jing is also not a fuel-efficient lamp, Zhao Ji wanted to appoint Tong Guan as the third secretary of Kaifeng Yitong, he broke the wedge on the side, and said sourly, "Can the prime minister be awarded to the eunuch?" 'Refused to obey the edict, Leng was pushed back. Tong Guan's heart is not big, and he immediately went to Zheng Juzhong, this national relative is also holding back his resentment. In the winter of the previous year, he first made a good deal for Cai Jing's evaluation, and called for his reinstatement as the left minister, and Cai Jing also made a sincere promise at that time that he would recommend Zheng Juzhong to serve as a member of the Privy Council after his reinstatement, but a year has passed, and there has been no movement, he has teamed up with Zhang Kangguo to overthrow Cai Jing, but he didn't expect the allies to suddenly die, and they were alone, and the two hit it off.

I don't know if Cai Jing did something underneath, or if someone is not used to Tong Guan's actions, in March, an early court said that Chen He had impeached Tong Guan and others for the crime of pampering power, and asked the emperor to exile them to remote areas, but Zhao Ji did not wait for Chen He to finish speaking, so he got up with anger and prepared to retreat from the court.

Seeing this, Chen He was anxious, stepped forward and grabbed the emperor's clothes, and asked the emperor to listen to his speech. One of the two wanted to leave, and the other refused to let go, and the emperor's clothes were torn. The chamberlain asked the emperor to change his clothes, and Zhao Ji showed off at this time, waved his hand and said, "Stay and reward the upright and disciplined minister." "It left the image of the Ming Lord, but the next day Tong Guan fanned the wind, the emperor changed his mind, and Chen He was demoted to Xinzhou as a wine supervisor for the crime of 'arrogance and disrespect'.

There is a move here, Tong Guan doesn't want to fall into passivity, after all, he is the emperor's side, he knows the emperor's preferences, and he will insert a knife into the place. bought off Fang Shi Guo Tianxin and asked him to quietly tell Emperor Daojun, 'There are sunspots in the sun, and it is a sign that the lord and auxiliary bully the king'. It was nonsense, but it hit Zhao Ji's heart, Zhang Kangguo was poisoned in the court, although the truth was unknown, it aroused Zhao Ji's vigilance and made up his mind to clean up Cai Jing. ,

Although Zhao Ji is absurd, he is not lacking in heart, he knows that Cai Jing has been working hard in the DPRK for many years, and his power is huge and intertwined, if Cai Jing is solved first, the minions will inevitably rebound. The best way is to go to the branches and leaves first, and then pull out the roots, and immediately start to proceed in an orderly manner, which Zhao Ta is quite like his father.

The first step is to get rid of Cai Taishi's in-laws first. Cai You's father-in-law, Song Qiaonian, the former Gyeonggi transit envoy and the current prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, was dismissed from his post and placed in Qizhou; Song Qiaonian's eldest son, Song Yu, also lost his position as a transfer envoy to the two Zhejiang capitals and was placed in Yingtianfu, and his other son Song Yu was also dismissed at the same time; Cai Zhen's father-in-law, Lianghuai, sent Hu Shiwen to be dismissed, raised the concept of longevity, and led the temple to retire.

The second step is to belittle Taishi Cai's henchmen. Liu Yu, who started by making Dasheng Yale back then, is currently a bachelor of Hanlin and a secretary of the Ministry of Engineering, Cai Juhou, a doctor of the right counselor, Qiang Yuanming and Ye Mengde, a straight bachelor of Longtuge, and so on, all of whom were demoted out of the capital to become magistrates.

The third step is to depose the Tsai Party among the ruling members. Zhongshu Lang Lin Xuan, this person does not learn and has no skills, above the court, he will read Ang as Yang, and Zhen as a tile, the emperor smiled and corrected, the ministers laughed, and he also shouted that people were rude, and he was immediately played by the imperial envoy, attacking him for not being educated, no one was courteous, and let him lift the Dongxiao Palace; Yu Shen, a servant under the door, is out of Qingzhou. Another Cai Party cadre Shangshu Zuo Cheng Xue Ang from Hangzhou, Cai Jing's hometown and sworn friend, had no ability in his life, served as a library and did not read the "Historical Records" and "Han Shu", and Bai Hanlin could not write an edict, only because he could pat himself on the back and became a member of the ruling party, and was also dismissed.

The emperor has done it, and the courtiers have of course seen the signs, so they have written to impeach Cai Jing, and the wall has fallen down and everyone pushes it, Zhao Ji is like a generation of Ming Jun at this time, and conforms to the voice of the people, and ordered Cai Jing to be reappointed as the envoy of the first palace of the Taitai in June. But he made an old mistake at this critical moment, and suddenly remembered his goodness, although Cai Jing was allowed to quit the prime minister, but he was still allowed to live in the capital, and he went to the court to discuss matters on the day of the new year. For this reason, Shi Hongyanzhang, the imperial student, Chen Chaolao, and others continued to impeach Cai Jing, talking about his treachery, and demanding that he be sent far away, but they were not adopted.

overthrew Cai Jing, Zheng Juzhong got his wish and became the Privy Councillor, He Zhizhong became the left servant of Shangshu, and appointed Zhang Shangying, Cai Jing's opponent, as Shangshu's right servant and Zhongshu Shilang, and the court completed another reshuffle.

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Time passed in a hurry, in the blink of an eye it was the autumn harvest and autumn planting, the tenants moved into their new homes before the winter, this year's two harvests, plus the income from working in the slack time, everyone had surplus money in their pockets after paying the rent and tax for the first time, just when the family was ready to marry their relatives and daughters, an amnesty decree came: the queen returned to heaven, and slaughtered in Beijing for forty-nine days, and three days outside. Stop music and worship for 100 days, stop marrying officials for 100 days, and military and civilian for 1 month.

Zhao Fuzhong was already a piece of silk at this time, the lanterns were covered with white paper, the main hall had been arranged in the mourning hall, the incense and candles continued, the upper and lower people all changed into plain clothes, took off the hairpin, Zhao Ta was even more dressed in heavy filial piety, sackcloth and shoes, and his head was covered with sackcloth, "Uncle Huang, is there any news in Beijing?" Zhao Ta sat cross-legged on the mat and asked, his face was a little haggard, he had been guarding the mourning hall since he received the news last night.

"Lord Wang, no!" Huang Jingchen added a few pieces of paper money to the fire, shook his head and said.

"Uncle Huang, didn't the messenger mention when I would be asked to return to Beijing for the funeral?" Zhao Ta actually asked this question a lot, if he said it, he wouldn't have to spend it here, but he was uneasy. His uneasiness did not come from the dead queen, he had no impression of this woman at all, let alone any feelings, but felt that things were weird, according to the patriarchal law at this time, no matter which concubine gave birth to a child, the queen was theoretically their own mother, but the biological mother was not. But now that the 'mother' is dead, she only told him once, but she didn't say that she should go home for funeral, which doesn't make sense in a society that respects filial piety.

"Lord Wang, don't worry, maybe the inner servant who delivered the decree is still on the way, and there are also two groups of mourners and messengers in the past!" Huang Jingchen looked at what the prince said solemnly, thought about it and said. He is not calm in his heart at this time, he can't say whether he is happy or worried, the two things that the prince said are all true after being verified today, then Da Song will inevitably experience a catastrophe in his mouth, and it may be this child who can save Da Song from fire and water, and he will definitely protect him.

"Uncle Huang, I think someone is deliberately preventing me from returning to Beijing for the funeral, should I make another request to return to Beijing?" Zhao Ta thought for a while and said.

"Shhh Huang Jingchen looked at Zhao Ta and gasped, why didn't he expect this layer, Queen Wang is dead, the queen's position is vacant, Zheng Guifei is the most likely to turn positive, so although the prince is not the eldest son, but he also occupies the son-in-law, according to the rules, he is the second heir. If the mother mourns and does not return, it is an ordinary official who has committed this article, and he will be impeached, disgraced and dismissed, and he is a prince, and when it comes to that day, it is hard to guarantee that no one will take advantage of this to say something.

"Lord, if the holy decree is not available tomorrow, the old man will personally return to Beijing, and it is necessary to ask the prince to return to Beijing!" Huang Jingchen figured out the key to it, and said respectfully, he knew that he was the only one who could do this in the mansion now.