Chapter 470: A Trip to the Country
Toot toot~
The horn sounded, and the Iron Net Mountain became lively again.
Although this autumn's hunting in the Iron Net Mountain is not as large as last year's, because the weather in early October is still warm, the grassland and mountains and forests are more noisy.
It is not only the young men who are speeding on the polo field, but the ladies of the capital are the most beautiful scenery on the field.
duang~duang~duang~
"One more point for the RED team!"
Jia Cong on the high platform raised her head and took a look, the third sister Tanchun is really a woman like the wind, after letting go of her suppressed nature, she is really heroic, like a female general on the battlefield.
And Xiangyun, who formed a team with her, didn't have to say, her hearty laughter could be heard throughout the polo field.
It's only been a long time, and he has won two games in a row, becoming the favorite to win the championship after the two girls in the British government.
"Brother Cong is still thinking about the opening of the mansion? What do you think? Think about how to get it? β
Daiyu didn't wear any complicated headdress today, dressed in a crimson robe, wiped a handful of fine sweat from her forehead, sat next to Jia Cong, and looked at the cases in front of Jia Cong.
There are pen and paper on several cases, and the draft organization and staffing that were drafted earlier have been scribbled and changed, and have not yet been officially decided.
The emperor enshrined the Marquis of Yongfeng County and gave him the right to open the government and build a government, which can be regarded as stumping him.
The government built itself, and the personnel sought it by themselves, so Jia Cong was stunned to catch him blind, and he was in a hurry for several days, and he still had no clue.
Jia Cong scratched his hair, which was already a little messy, and said with a headache: "I went to the palace to find the saint and His Majesty before, and I originally wanted to ask the opinion of the second saint, but you also know about it...... Later, I went to consult the old man in the UK, but the old man didn't hide his secrets, but his government was only for the military, not about governance, and the profession was not right~"
Daiyu looked at Jia Cong's headache and remembered the scene when he jumped to his feet and complained after returning from the palace that day, and couldn't help laughing.
No one expected that the emperor, who was obviously the emperor, gave the right to open the government and build the government after special discussions with the cabinet and the six ministries, and actually came to Jia Cong to build the yamen by itself, raise funds by itself, seek personnel by themselves, and take power by themselves......
Anyway, it's just a sentence, I don't care about the affairs of your Hou Mansion, just watch and do it yourself.
This confused Jia Cong.
"I inquired from the crown prince and brother, in fact, the second sage asked you to open a mansion and build a government because the court has more and more constraints, and the implementation of the new policy is becoming more and more difficult. Therefore, you can do it boldly and with confidence, even if it fails at that time, there will be no major turmoil in the imperial court. β
Daiyu beckoned Zijuan to come over and asked her to fetch the warm water handkerchief.
Then she snatched the brush from Jia Cong's hand, put away the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the desk, soaked the handkerchief and rubbed it on Jia Cong's face, and scrubbed the ink stained on her hands and face.
She combed Jia Cong's hair, put on the purple and gold crown, pulled it up and said with a smile: "Instead of sitting in a daze, why don't you take advantage of the sunny weather to accompany me outside to relax...... For most of the past six months, I have been immersed in the case almost every day, and I feel as old as my father. β
At this time, Daiyu was like an elf fairy on the grassland, driving away the sick and weak, her pretty face was delicate and ruddy, and her body was full of vitality.
Jia Cong followed her on the horse in confusion, walked out of the camp, and came all the way to the foot of Tiewang Mountain under the guidance of more than ten personal soldiers.
There are several Zhuangzi near the royal hunting ground, and there is a small town next to the official road into Beijing, which is quite lively at noon.
Although the two of them did not wear official robes and palace skirts, most of the people in the town knew their identities.
The potato marquis who brought the fetish potato to Daxia, the little third master of Rongguo Mansion. There is also Princess Wen'an, who has led people to inspect twice before, and the only daughter of the God of Wealth in Daxia, the fairy of the Lin family.
In the small restaurant, those who originally ate wine and talked about the mountains lowered their voices one after another, for fear of disturbing the two nobles.
The shopkeeper waved away Xiao Er, personally brought the best tea, and asked respectfully, "What do you want to eat?" β
"It's good to serve the best dishes, and you don't have to be extravagant. We have to go to Caixu Village after eating, I heard that Caixu Village is lively today, and we have to rush over. β
Daiyu whispered to the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper felt that Her Royal Highness the princess was really close to the people and kind, and the goddess was not as good.
He saw that the Hou Ye on the side was not in a daze, so he joked: "His Royal Highness originally went to Caixu Village, and the excitement of Caixu Village still borrowed the light of His Highness. The three outstanding people in one village can be regarded as the ancestral tomb is smoking, how can the patriarch of the clan not be happy. said that he would sing a big drama for three days, and he would set up a flowing water table for three days......"
"What village? Cai Xu Village? Are you saying that in a village in Caixu Village, three of them had excellent grades in this year's graduation exam, and they were to be exempted from studying in Guozijian? β
Jia Cong, who was originally in a daze, came to his senses in the shopkeeper's narration, because he proposed the graduation selection model of this official school.
According to the final policy formulated by the imperial court, all official schools will conduct a unified final examination every year, especially in the fourth year of graduation examination, those with excellent grades and good moral character can be recommended by the professors of the school, reviewed by the state and county teachers, and send their roster results to the Guozijian, which will be reviewed by the Guozijian for final review, and the best ones will be selected to enter the Guozijian to continue their studies.
This can be regarded as the Great Xia version of the push-exempt student, and the identity is equivalent to the talent of the student.
Caixu Village can have three people elected to the national prison, isn't it just the ancestral tomb emitting green smoke?
And listening to the shopkeeper's words, this Cai Xu Village was still poor before......
Jia Cong was immediately interested, and when he was dining with Daiyu, he kept asking about the situation in Cai Xu Village.
"You may not know about Caixu Village, the geographical location of this village is not very good, there is not much fertile land around, the harvest of the previous year is not enough to pay the field tax, and every winter, the whole village will go out to beg for food......"
In Daiyu's explanation, Jia Cong basically figured out what was special about this village.
The land is barren, and the output of the fields is very small, even if you are tight on food and clothing, you will have to go hungry in winter.
In order to survive, the people in the village can only go out in groups, become a member of the homeless people, go to the county seat or even the capital, to beg for food and survive.
It wasn't until the imperial court began to promote the cultivation of potatoes, this kind of high-yield grain that did not pick the land, for the first time, the people of Caixu Village were no longer hungry.
Later, Daiyu took people from the Ministry of Rites to inspect Gyeonggi, and happened to hear the story of Cai Xu Village and went to check it out in person.
The biggest hardship of Caixu Village is that it is close to the royal garden of Tiewang Mountain, so they dare not cultivate new fields at will.
But the biggest advantage is also next to the royal garden of Tiewang Mountain, there is a hot spring water on the mountain, and the flowing water just passes through the back mountain of Caixu Village......
Daiyu remembered the hot spring village of the Jia family in the west of the city, but the Jia family used this hot spring water to build a greenhouse, and the off-season vegetables planted could bring tens of thousands of benefits next year.
Thinking of this, Daiyu went to the imperial concubine Yang and asked for grace from Yang Niangniang, and the Royal Garden of Tiewangshan and Caixu Village joined hands to build a greenhouse, plant out-of-season vegetables, and sell them to large households in Gyeonggi, so that Caixu Village was lifted out of poverty in only one year, and won the first battle of poverty alleviation.
"Today, Caixu Village should be the richest village within a radius of 30 miles. In the past, the people of Caixu Village couldn't even ask for a daughter-in-law, but now they can't marry Caixu Village without a dowry......"
When Daiyu talked about Cai Xu Village, her eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and she was very happy.
This was the first time she had saved a village of more than 500 people from hunger and cold, and made it the richest village within a radius of 30 miles.
And the people in this village are also angry, they can actually train three national eunuchs in just a few years, which is too long for her!
Daiyu came out with Jia Cong today, firstly, to let her fiancΓ© enjoy the glory that belongs to her.
Second, it is also to make Jia Cong, who has always been frowning these days, scatter his heart, and try to see if he can get a glimmer of inspiration from such miraculous changes as Cai Xu Village......
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Caixu Village has obviously undergone large-scale construction, and the neat farmhouse courtyard surrounds the ancestral hall in the middle, which is scattered and scattered.
The clean and tidy streets are all bluestone slabs, Jia Cong and Daiyu admire the osmanthus flowers on both sides of the road, and they can hear the babbling of singing and the frolic of children.
"It's so fragrant~"
Jia Cong touched his bulging belly, he was a little full in the town, and he smelled the aroma of food wafting in the air, and said with some resentment: "The flowing water table in the countryside is the most delicious, I knew that I wouldn't have eaten so much just now." β
Daiyu smiled: "It's okay, this flowing water mat is three days, this place is not far from the camp, let's come again tomorrow." β
Jia Cong nodded and responded: "Then I have to back up gifts for others tomorrow, we can't eat white food......
"Hou Ye said with a smile, Her Royal Highness the Princess and Hou Ye are both great benefactors of our Caixu Village, and if the benefactor can come, it is the blessing of our Caixu Village, how can we let the benefactor break the bank......"
As he was talking, the elders of Caixu Village had received the news and led a group of villagers to greet him.
As soon as they approached, hundreds of people knelt down in unison under the leadership of the clan elders.
"The grass people, together with the people of Cai and Xu, meet Her Royal Highness the princess and the Marquis of Yongfeng!"
"Mr. Cai, Mr. Xu, please get up, everyone get up......"
Daiyu signaled, and the soldiers stepped forward to help the two old men up. Jia Cong also stepped forward in person, picked up a little doll next to Mr. Cai, and poked the baby's chubby face.
"Hey, this baby is strong, and it makes people feel festive when they look at it."
Mr. Cai hurriedly said: "This is the great-grandson of the old man, born by bathing in the grace of the Hou Ye, and he is three years old this year. The old man named him Mu En, and I hope that he will never forget the kindness given to us by His Royal Highness the Marquis and the Princess......"
"Cai Muen? Good name! β
Jia Cong hugged the chubby doll and said with a smile: "But this is not the kindness that Sister Lin and I have given you, the Son of Heaven Shengming, to promote the cultivation of high-yield grain, so that you will no longer be hungry." He also gave you a hot spring, so that you have the resources to support your family, and now you have given birth to good talents, and you should be grateful to the Son of Heaven and the court. β
These two old men can lead the whole village out of the encirclement from hunger and cold, and they are naturally not stupid people.
Hearing what Jia Cong said, he naturally understood.
I saw them arching their hands to the sky and shouting long live: "What the Hou Ye said is that we are all the people of the Son of Heaven, and with the grace of the Son of Heaven, we will have a stable and prosperous day, and I wish your Majesty long live, and ten thousand years of Great Xia!" β
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The people of Cai Xu Village naturally did not really let Jia Cong and Daiyu, the two benefactors, give gifts and introduce them into the banquet.
The two of them, led by the two clan elders, came to the chief and sat down.
Jia Cong did not hold the shelf, but happily hugged Cai's great-grandson, took a piece of dim sum on the table, and teased the fat doll to play.
And Daiyu, as the person who presides over Cai Xu Village's poverty alleviation, will still be talking to Cai Xu Er Elder about the village.
Jia Cong's ears moved, and he heard that Cai Xu Village now earns no less than fifty taels of silver per household a year, which is really staggering.
The eldest girl in his family earns no more than two taels a month.
In Jia Cong's impression, the auspicious Ruyi around him earns more than 20 taels a year, which is enough to support a family, which shows the purchasing power of this silver.
And Caixu Village was still the kind of house with four walls in the past few years, and it could starve to death of rats. It's only been a few years, and it has far surpassed his family's eldest girl, and it has become a radius of thirty miles......
No, even the people in the capital, those wealthy families, are not necessarily as rich as the people in Caixu Village.
"Your Highness, in accordance with your instructions, the old man has sent two hundred taels of silver to the school in the town in the past few years, plus the children in the clan are angry, and finally he has not lost His Highness's face."
Mr. Cai said proudly and gratefully to Daiyu: "In this year's graduation exam, the master of the school recommended three children from our village, and they were all admitted to Guozijian......"
Daiyu's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she said with a smile: "There is nothing to be ashamed of, in fact, I didn't expect you to be able to do it to this extent." This reading is not an overnight thing, three years can be admitted to three people, it seems that you Cai and Xu clans, with the talent of reading in your bones. Of course, this is also the result of your efforts. β
I saw Daiyu waving to the purple cuckoo and snow goose behind her, and the two maids asked people to fetch a small box.
When the box was opened, there were dozens of brand new books inside.
"Sister Lin, you actually prepared a gift, why didn't you tell me earlier, I came over empty-handed to eat white food......
Daiyu gave Jia Cong a roll of his eyes: "Mine is not yours, and you told me so clearly, be careful that I go back to complain to my uncle!" β
After teasing Jia Cong, Daiyu turned her head and continued with Cai Xu's second elder: "This is the four books and other classics that I have people print, and they should be regarded as my gifts to the children in the village. The top few books are all selected by my father, the most suitable for the township examination, and my husband handed them over to the three of them for me, so that they can study hard, and we will be admitted to the three ......of them in the future."
The second elder Cai Xu almost trembled and stroked the box of equipped books, and now Cai Xu Village is not short of silver, but this kind of collector's edition of books, it is difficult for you to buy it even if you have money.
In the end, they knelt down directly again, and the Cai Xu people on the side also knelt down and bowed.
"Your Highness's kindness, the Cai and Xu clans will not forget it for ten thousand years, and the old Cai and Xu clans have thanked His Highness for his grace, His Highness for ten thousand years!"
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That's all for tonight, continue tomorrow, good night!
(End of chapter)