Chapter 108: A Harvest Year
"What do you think, come back to your senses. I heard that Xie Mingdai, a fool, was so worried that she cried and fainted in Xige because of the accident with her third uncle, and she knocked her head on a big bag, and she refused to see anyone for a long time, but it worried me badly. ”
The West Pavilion is a latrine, and it is extremely rare for Xie Mingyue to be able to use such elegant words, but this does not prevent Ming Jin from being stunned, "Who told you?" ”
"No, I guessed it myself."
“....”
Xie Mingdai didn't kill you, she was probably very busy with her filial piety to the third uncle.
However, Ming Dai did not have the opportunity to fulfill his filial piety a few days later, because this year is a big harvest year, the wind and rain are smooth, even if there is a traitor like Jiang Sheng, there is also a case that is dealing with and implicates many officials in the Silver Appraisal Bureau, but the overall does not damage the national body, the private harvest is also good, the tax reports from all over the country are counted and reported to the king by the household department, the court is happy, according to the convention, if it is a good year, the people have their own festivals, but the officials and the clan have never been happy with the people, but follow the preferences of the royal family.
It is still a common practice, the king in order to reward hundreds of officials to help govern the country, and also for the sake of the benevolence of the clan, set up a harvest banquet in Quanshan, which belongs to the royal family, and invited the clan and the family members of officials to participate.
If you do the math, except for New Year's Eve, there is no bigger festival this year than the Harvest Festival.
And it has been five years since the last harvest banquet, which is particularly rare for the national body, as if it has found the right route to praise Mingjun infinitely.
That's why the officials attach great importance to it - it's just for the reward, and your performance and favor all depend on it.
What men care about is getting promoted and getting rich.
What women care about is the glory of fate.
Children care about having fun.
I don't know if it's because of the misunderstanding in Linzhou City, obviously caught the thief and pacified the shortcomings of Linzhou City for many years as the leader of the cult, but he was almost arrested, under the premise that the military department was embarrassed and willing to avoid it in order to seek peace, the king also gave appeasement, so he gave the Xie family a lot of grace, such as this trip to Quanshan, just the Xie family, even a concubine like Mingyue can participate.
Suddenly, the Xie family's fame was in full swing, and even Qingliu had many positive comments from the people.
But really smart people know that the key is not in the pacification of Jiang Sheng and Linzhou City.
Mainly those Confucian clear streams.
The precious documents that emerged from the inner hall have been greatly praised by the hundred literary circles, and even the evaluation of Xie Yuan has been reversed a lot.
In fact, the scholars are very stubborn and realistic, they value moral articles and etiquette, but the most important thing is the concept handed down under the rule of the sage - the emperor's hegemony is not as good as the long-term plan of people's livelihood and peace, and the golden iron horse is not as good as the theory of civilization and education.
It is difficult to lay down a country, but it will not last long by killing alone, and the best policy is to educate the people's livelihood with civilization.
Therefore, the overlords of the past dynasties founded the world with military force, and finally took the route of Confucian Qingliu education, which has been successfully verified by many prosperous and long-term dynasties in history, and is deeply rooted.
The Confucian Qingliu is the strangest existence in a country, the lifeblood of the court comes from the Qingliu export of talents, and the ideological education of the people also comes from the Qingliu's interpretation and promotion of the imperial decrees.
Connecting the previous and the next, if you concentrate your strength, you can even affect the king's decision, of course, the tyrant who burned books and pit Confucianism in history is not among them.
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Therefore, if it weren't for this grace, Xie Mingyue and even Xie Zhilin really couldn't go, it stands to reason that the people who traveled this time could not participate unless they were above the four-rank official order, although the Xie family was powerful, but they also followed orthodoxy in the concubine, so Mingyue was particularly excited this time, and she was a little uneasy, so she talked a lot, and repeatedly disturbed Ming Jin, but she refused to say what she meant.
"I have asked the housekeeper to arrange for the people in the warehouse to customize relevant clothes and makeup for you, and you should bring it, and you will also have your own grandmother to bring it, as for etiquette, I have taught you in the past, just put it in your normal mind."
"The real etiquette is to treat everyone equally, so it doesn't matter whether the other party is noble or not, just follow the etiquette under the rule of the saint, that is, the woman of the Xie family, if you don't make mistakes, others can't say you're wrong."
As Ming Jin spoke, seeing that Mingyue folded her clothes in a mess in a panic, she pressed her eyebrows and took the initiative to teach her to tidy up.
"There is also food, what you like to eat, as long as it is not excessive, you can feel free when your family is there, but when others are there, you need to refrain from one or two, this is also for your own face... Do you hear me? I didn't scold you, why are you crying? ”
Ming Jin found that Mingyue's eyes were red, and Douda's tears came as soon as he said it, and he was a little at a loss under his astonishment.
Is she harsh?
"Whew, I didn't cry... You have, you just scolded me, scolded me for being a pig. ”
“....”
You've learned to lie to people.
Ming Jin didn't break with the crying little sister, but slowly put a few books into the cage.
"I'm thinking about whether I want to give you a few more..."
Xie Mingyue, who was still crying just now, decisively pressed Ming Jin's hand, "Sister, there's no need for it." ”
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"I can see it, the fourth girl said don't want it, but in fact, I like the girl very much, you take care of her."
In fact, on occasions like the trip to Quanshan, it is generally necessary to have the elders personally teach and instruct them, so as not to make mistakes, but Xie Mingyue has no female elders to take care of her, even if the Lin family and other concubines have the heart to take care of it, they don't dare to meddle in the big house, so it is inevitable that Mingyue will be empty, but she can't expect Yiming to take care of it, so she has the childish behavior of going to the door three or four times a day to desperately hint.
Ming Jin turned his head to look at a secluded courtyard in the distance, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Add some winter needs to my aunt's side, don't be harsh." ”
Well? In fact, the treatment is already very good, and it is not worse than those serious concubines, but since the girl is so ordered....
Peony sensed that Ming Jin might have the intention of letting that aunt take care of Mingyue's sister and brother in person.
It depends on the opinion of the sovereign.
Ming Jin passed by the aunt's residence, looked at the maintenance of the courtyard outside, and knew that the subordinate was not lazy, so he left.
But unfortunately, I met two siblings, Ming Dai and Xie Zhixiu, halfway, and the two seemed to be arguing in a low voice.
As soon as he saw him, he knew why the other party came.
Xie Zhixiu saw Ming Jin, a little embarrassed, walked a few steps away, and spoke to the two girls.
Ming Jin glanced at him, didn't say anything, but asked Ming Jin.
"It's all arranged?"
"Mother got it for me."
"It's so big, do you want the third aunt to tidy up for you?"
“....”
Ming Dai swept Ming Jin angrily, "You don't come, you know why I came." ”
It has been a month since I came back from Linzhou City, and the turmoil in the court on the surface is eye-catching, but in private, only my own family knows about the twists and turns within the Xie family.