For the women of the old Song royal family, when the son is an adult, she lives with her son.

The son's underage concubines, or the unmarried princesses, Zhu Ming did not divide the fields for them, but placed them together to work. Sewing military uniforms, marching tents, etc., you can get a monthly salary, and you can also weave and embroider your own cloth to improve your life.

In fact, Zhu Ming didn't want to keep them locked up for too long, at most they would be free after a year or two of work.

Especially the concubines left by Song Zhezong, the youngest are all in their forties, and the older ones have become old women. The new dynasty unified their management, more like providing jobs so that they could support themselves.

There are exceptions, such as Wang Guifei, who gave birth to five sons and three daughters for Song Huizong, four of whom did not die young.

It stands to reason that she should live with her son, but her four sons are not good, especially the eldest son Zhao Kai likes to be speculative and lazy.

came and went, Wang Guifei couldn't stand it, and took the initiative to apply to work in the arrangement.

"Da Wang, your son is here again!"

The female officer in charge of the battalion had a big waist and a round waist, and she opened her voice and shouted.

Although women in the Song Dynasty could not be officials (female officials in the palace were not counted), there were a large number of female officials. These female officials are not of high rank and can be considered as a class of servants, especially when collecting tolls, and are specifically responsible for searching female passers-by.

The big Wang family is Wang Guifei, and there are also the old Wang family, the little Wang family, and the little Wang family.

Wang Guifei sighed, left the machine and walked outside.

The camp allows friends and family to visit, but it is only open one day a month, and Zhao Kai comes almost every month.

"Greetings to mommy!" Zhao Kai knelt down and kowtowed when he saw him, looking like a dutiful son.

"No money again?" Wang Guifei's tone was very helpless.

At first, she was very happy, because before the change of dynasty, her own son could not call her mother, mother and mother.

But soon she was overwhelmed, and the more affectionate Zhao Kai shouted, the more it showed that she was short of money to spend.

Zhao Kai complained bitterly: "The prince rewarded Zhao Huan, but this month he punished me, and the monthly food he gave was reduced by one percent." There are more than 10 wives and concubines and children in the family, and they all depend on the children's hard work to make a living. ”

Wang Guifei went back to her room and took out two strings of copper coins from the clay pot: "Just take a lot, and take it." ”

Zhao Kai was suddenly unhappy: "It's only two hundred yuan, how can it be enough?" ”

Wang Guifei sighed again, and said earnestly: "Son, you are no longer a prince, let's do things in a down-to-earth manner." Which of your brothers is better than you? It is your wife and concubine, and she is more diligent than you in farm work. This spring, when you plough the ground and loosen the soil, you wave your hoe a few times, and then you go home and lie down with a sore back. While weeding and catching insects, your sons and daughters are working, while you are painting and playing with branches. Your wife and concubine carry water and water the ground, and you are so tired that you can't straighten your back, and you don't help you. There are still decades to come, how will this life be lived? ”

Zhao Kai was exposed in person, and his face became displeased: "I am a royal noble, how can I do a despicable thing?" ”

Wang Guifei pointed to the two strings of money and said, "These are what I earned by doing despicable things, if you have the backbone, don't come to ask for it." ”

Zhao Kai didn't speak again, snatched the copper coin, and turned around to leave in a huff.

"Alas!" Wang Guifei sighed loudly.

The more Zhao Kai thought about it, the more angry he became, kicking the weeds on the side of the road all the way to vent his anger.

From the moment he revealed his intelligence, he was deliberately pampered by Song Huizong. Although Song Huizong did not say it explicitly, all kinds of things he did seemed to cultivate Zhao Kai as a prince.

So, everyone deliberately flattered him, and the ministers, eunuchs, and Taoist priests touted him to the sky.

How can such a high-minded and arrogant person be willing to deign to do farm work?

In contrast, Zhao Huan, who has been suppressed for a long time, is more likely to accept the reality.

Walking back home, his wife, concubines, and children were busy with work.

Zhao Kai took out a hundred yuan and handed it to his wife, and advised: "If the food is not enough, take it to buy some, and I will go to the fifth brother's house to sit down." ”

Nowadays, the price of rice and wheat in Kaifeng has been controlled to 800 wen and one stone, and it is cheaper to buy miscellaneous grains.

They were given a monthly ration and some salt. Although Zhu Ming constantly deducted the monthly food of Zhao Kai's family, he would not really starve to death, and he could eat for a few days if he bought some miscellaneous grains for a hundred yuan.

Zhao Kai paced towards his brother's house, and shouted from afar: "Fifth brother, I'm here to play with you!" ”

Zhao Shu's family was peeling corn kernels in the yard, and when they heard Zhao Kai's voice, several wives and concubines all looked unhappy.

His wife, Ren Ergu, cursed in a low voice: "This bastard, he came to fight the autumn wind again, and our family doesn't have enough food, so we can't cook dry rice today." The thinner the cooking, the better, so that this person can come back! ”

Zhao Shu smiled awkwardly, got up and went over to open the door: "Brother, please come in." ”

Zhao Kai looked at the golden corn all over the ground and commented: "Your family has a good harvest, and you can live by farming in the future." ”

"The prince asked us to farm, and we will be obedient." Zhao Shu said.

Zhao Shu is also very cowardly, let him do whatever he wants, and never make trouble. Historically, in order to curry favor with the Jin people, he was captured halfway north, and he also took the initiative to persuade the soldiers and civilians of Zhongshan and Hejian to surrender with Zhang Bangchang, but was shot back by the soldiers and civilians defending the city with arrows.

Zhao Kai sat down with a golden knife, and did not help peel corn kernels, and asked casually: "What are you eating at home today?" ”

Ren Ergu said angrily: "I have run out of food, so I can only eat gruel." ”

Zhao Kai got up and left with a smile, and after about half an hour, he came back with more than ten tender corns: "Your family has a piece of land that was planted late, and the corn is not yet ripe, and it is very delicious to eat roasted and boiled." ”

Zhao Shu's wives and concubines looked at the tender corn in Zhao Kai's hand, and their eyes were so sharp that they seemed to be able to kill.

Zhao Shu motioned to his wives and concubines not to attack, turned his head and asked, "Brother, have you heard that the Great Ming Army has won a great victory in the conquest of Western Xia!" ”

Zhao Kai nodded: "I heard that I won the battle a while ago. ”

Zhao Shu said: "Recently, some villagers have entered the city, but they have received accurate news that more than 100,000 prisoners were killed in the first war!" ”

"I'm afraid it's exaggerated, right?" Zhao Kai exclaimed.

"Whether it is exaggerated or not, my brother can write an article to praise him," Zhao Shu said, "With my brother's literary talent, if you sing praises to the great soldiers, you will definitely be able to please the prince." ”

Zhao Kai was silent and began to think seriously about the matter.

There are no high walls here, and although soldiers are arranged to guard and patrol, if the princes are trying to escape, they have a certain chance of escaping.

No one ran away because they had nowhere to go.

Go to the southeast to defect to Song Huizong?

Don't talk about it, they discussed it privately, the southeast regime is estimated to last long, and sooner or later it will be destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, and it will be arrested for the second time at that time.

Going to the north to join the puppet regime?

They are genuine princes, and they are very likely to be killed by the henchmen of the puppet emperor.

Moreover, they don't have much money on them, and it is estimated that they have not yet left the Gyeonggi range, and they will have to beg for the rest of the journey. Maybe before he reached the Yangtze River, he had already starved to death on the side of the road.

Halfway to the old Song Dynasty officials or something, they really can't believe it, and they are afraid of being twisted to the government.

Anyway, Zhu Ming didn't kill them, and even gave them monthly rations, so it was better to die than to live.

Now that he has accepted the reality, his mentality has also changed, and when he writes about his farming experience, he is crazy about praising the emperor of the new dynasty and the crown prince Shengming.

Zhao Kai is no exception, although he is reluctant to do farm work, he is very good at writing farming experience, and most of the article is spent patting the prince's ass.

After some ideas, Zhao Kai even thought of the title of the article, which was called "Happy to Hear the Great Victory of the Heavenly Dynasty in Xia".

"It's a pity that our sisters have all died, otherwise they will be favored by the prince," Zhao Kai was very envious of Zhao Fujin's siblings, "Hachilang and the others, life is really comfortable." ”

Zhao Shu was also very envious, nodded and said: "The three brothers have two ploughing oxen, I heard that next year Zhao Zhen will be sixteen years old, the prince will give another ploughing ox." There are no cattle farmers around, who doesn't please them? A few days ago, someone gave eggs. ”

While the brothers were talking, their brother Zhao Di rushed over: "Mrs. Wen'an County (Zhao Fujin) is here, and she has arrived at the eighth brother's house!" ”

Zhao Kai stood up suddenly, threw away the tender corn, and ran home to call his wife and concubines, and asked his family to quickly wash their faces and change their clothes.

When the family came to the outside of Zhao Yan's courtyard, dozens of people had already gathered there.

"Sinner Zhao Kai, take the whole family to meet the two ladies!" Zhao Kai, who was arrogant and refused to do farm work, knelt down and kowtowed to his two half-sisters.

Zhao Fujin hurriedly said: "Brother and sister-in-law, don't be like this, please get up quickly." ”

After a while, all the personnel arrived.

Zhao Fujin chatted with everyone for a while, and finally said: "It's not easy to go out of the palace, I still have to go to the women's camp to visit my sisters, so I won't stay here too much." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has decreed that he cannot give you money, but there is also another accommodation. I gave the soldiers some money and asked them to buy some meat, so that tomorrow everyone can come to the eighth brother's house for a meal of rice and meat dishes. ”

The nobles who used to eat fine clothes and fine food, heard that they could eat a meal of meat at this moment, and they unconsciously began to swallow their saliva.

Zhao Yan held his head high, eating this meal at his house was equivalent to his treat, and the brothers would have to please themselves more and more in the future.

"Congratulations to the two ladies!" A group of princes of the former dynasty guarded the sisters to leave.

Their ladies in cloth clothes stared at Zhao Fujin and Zhao Fujin's clothes, and looked at them again and again with envious eyes.

Not long after the sisters left, a pedestrian came to give the message.

The holy decree follows the format of the Song Dynasty, there is no Fengtian carrier, and ordinary holy decrees do not need to be bathed and changed: "The Ming Dynasty granted Zhao Huan Kaifeng Mansion to persuade the peasant officials, and the system was called ......"

After reading a holy decree, everyone looked at Zhao Huan.

Zhao Huan's family seemed to be happy from the sky, and couldn't help kneeling down to thank him.

They are finally free, and they can still be officials.

Although he is only a non-pin apprentice and agricultural officer, as long as he learns more agricultural skills, he can be officially promoted to Jiupin soon.

Zhao Huan rushed home to write a note, thanking the prince in writing for his kindness, and said that he would be conscientious and conscientious in the future.

As for his throne being taken by Zhu Ming, well...... Is there such a thing?

From Zhu Ming's point of view, he is not afraid of Song Huizong, who is in the southeast, and he is afraid that Zhao Huan will be free and seek an opportunity to slip away?

If you want to escape, you can escape!

At the meat party the next day, Zhao Huan also encouraged his brother: "The prince is magnanimous, you should redouble your efforts, if you can sincerely repent, you will definitely be able to get out of here!" ”

Zhao Kai sneered, but he was extremely envious in his heart.

(End of chapter)