Chapter 35: Choosing a Concubine

The clouds are fluttering, the wind is warm, the sky is clear, and the water of the small river is beautiful.

When Tian Wenjing was busy controlling the plague in Henan and Shandong, in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, a huge activity was in full swing.

Qing'er also stayed in Yangzhou at this time, and lived in the Tian family's mansion in Runzhi.

The officials of the state government of Yangzhou took turns to visit Tianfu every day, and when the real Tian Wenjing was controlling the plague in Shandong Province, Henan, the gate of Tianfu in Yangzhou had already played a signboard of "The lord goes out, and everything is believed", so the officials of the state government temporarily stopped visiting every day.

But Runzhi is still in the house every day, playing games with Zilu, blowing the flute, playing the guzheng, gonghou, and reciting poems with nothing to do.

Although Runzhi is in Yangzhou's mansion, but his heart has followed Tian Wenjing, whether it is Wu Yaoxu, or other newly transferred officials who assisted Tian Wenjing in fighting the epidemic, behind it is Runzhi who is responsible for his strength, and he basically received Runzhi's opinions and suggestions, and they were discussed as soon as possible, and they were implemented immediately if there was no major problem.

In fact, it is not only these people who are directly involved in the fight against the epidemic, people like Runzhi who serve the entire system in the background in obscurity, and those who obey the needs of the entire epidemic prevention and control, are the people who occupy the vast majority, these people are like candles, which really burn themselves, but illuminate others.

These are the real heroes!

Tian Wenjing has disappeared from the sight of the world again since the successful treatment of the plague epidemic, because he has nothing to do, and the court is temporarily healthy, so Emperor Yongzheng also let Tian Wenjing's temperament let him do what he likes to do freely, anyway, he is so reliable in everything.

In Henan and Shandong, after all the victims were properly resettled, Tian Wenjing has become famous in Henan and Shandong, but there are also some people whose whole family even blames him for all the blame because of this plague, thinking that the reason why this incident has caused such a bad impact is that as the first official of the imperial court, Tian Wenjing is absolutely responsible, so it is understandable that his intentions are taken for granted, and even a lot of slander against him is understandable.

For Tian Wenjing, it is still three times a day, that is, I ask myself every day when I have nothing to do, am I worthy of my credit? Is it worthy of the expectations and trust of others? Did I review my homework today?

Over time, Tian Wenjing has developed an enviable "Haoran atmosphere!" ”。

Tian Wenjing is also a temperamental person, in addition to liking high-intensity work, he also likes to pay private visits to microservices, that is, traveling everywhere, and leaving everything to Runzhi when he is not there.

Besides, Yangzhou here, because since ancient times, it has been a small bridge and flowing water, pavilions and pavilions, mountains and rivers, and beautiful scenery, so it has been an important source of monarchs and concubines of various dynasties since ancient times.

As soon as he received the news of the concubine election, Runzhi's first reaction was that these state officials would inevitably come to discuss the matter together.

After Emperor Yongzheng made public the task of Jiangsu to offer 200 concubines this year, all the magistrates in Jiangsu have distributed the tasks of 200 in accordance with the requirements of the holy decree, and an average of about 10 people can be assigned to a place.

"It's time for another beauty pageant, hahaha"

"yes, it's time to feast your eyes on it again!"

"Who's to say it isn't? Enjoy, hahaha."

"It's a pity that our state doesn't have much treasury money, it's not easy to do!"

"It's nothing, there are countless daughters of rich families who want to be concubines, and I'm worried that the silver won't be lonely and unheard!"

As a place where the world's beauties are concentrated, the so-called "heaven above, Suzhou and Hangzhou below", a place where beauties are concentrated, and where beauties have naturally produced beauties since ancient times, it is reasonable for concubines to choose nature from this.

"Our Prime Minister Tian lives here temporarily, why don't you invite Tian to be the chief examiner of the final evaluation of this concubine selection?"

"That's a good idea, it's worth trying," other officials agreed.

In fact, these officials are really thoughtful, one can use this to please Lord Tian, just imagine that such a fat poor who doesn't want to do it, if you like which girl, it doesn't matter what she is Jiangsu first or second, directly marry her as a little wife, which dares to disagree and not be happy, so you must be grateful to the officials here.

At the same time, if the beautiful woman selected into the palace accidentally provokes the emperor to be angry, and the emperor blames it, once he knows that the final chief examiner is Tian Wenjing, the prime minister of this dynasty, he will only blame and blame Tian Wenjing, which will greatly reduce the risk of state officials, so why not?

The morning air is so fresh, as if it has been sprayed with a mysterious perfume, and it smells pleasant and natural, which makes people feel refreshed.

Firecrackers burst out, more than 100 guards opened the way in front, and more than a dozen Jiangsu Prefecture officials all sat in sedan chairs, smoking pipes, or happy or calm as water, carrying more than a dozen boxes of gold, silver and jewelry to Tianfu to meet the prime minister of the dynasty, Lord Tian.

These people didn't want to come, but yesterday they had already found out that Lord Tian had returned from the capital, in order to curry favor with the first feudal official of the dynasty as soon as possible, so these state officials planned this visit overnight, emptied their respective treasury and gathered more than a dozen boxes of gold, silver and jewelry.

"Lord Tian, Xia Guan and others have heard that you have won a major victory against the plague in Henan, Shandong and other places, and I have come to congratulate you."

"Someone, bring the gifts!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank you for your dedication to governing the local area during the period when you are away from this place, and have achieved a major victory in the war against the epidemic." , Runzhi smiled and arched his hand, "The congratulatory gifts are exempt, they are all their own people, they will come, why bring so many gifts"

"Please take it, Lord Tian, the officials have something important to tell you", a fat-headed, big-eared, beer-bellied state official, surnamed Qiu, named Wuxin.

Runzhi looked around and found that each other's eyes were full of collusion, so he accepted these so-called congratulatory gifts for the time being.

Under the scorching sun, the land is roasted hot, and the crops generally grow like children who dare to admit their mistakes in despair, and many plants and trees are holding on to the branches and leaves.

Dozens of stunning women, along a bend of the clear and turquoise river, happily playing, they pluck the flowers of many people's eyes, slowly sprinkle the petals on the flowing water, floating down the water.