Dududu~
The horn sounded, and Tienwang Mountain became lively again.
Although this autumn's hunting in the Tien Wan Mountain is not as big as last year's, the weather in early October is still warm, so the grassland mountain and forest will be more noisy.
There are not only handsome young men flying 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, who was on the high platform, raised his head and took a look. The third sister Tanchun was really a woman like the wind. After letting go of her repressed nature, she was really heroic, just like a female general on the battlefield.
As for Xiangyun, who formed a team with her, it goes without saying that her hearty laughter could be heard throughout the polo field.
In just a short time, he has already won two games in a row and has become the favorite to win the championship after the two girls from the British government.
"Brother Cong is still thinking about opening a mansion? How about it? Have you figured out how to do it?"
Daiyu didn't wear any complicated headdress today. She was wearing a crimson Hu brocade robe. She wiped the sweat from her forehead, sat next to Jia Cong, and looked at the cases in front of Jia Cong.
There are pens and papers on several desks, and the organization structure and staffing that were drafted earlier have been made and revised, but they have not been officially finalized yet.
The emperor conferred the title of Marquis of Yongfeng County and gave him the right to open a government office, which was quite difficult for him.
The government office built itself and found its own personnel. Jia Cong was left to catch him blind. He was in a hurry for several days and still has no clue.
Jia Cong scratched his messy hair and said with a headache: "I went to the palace to find the saint and His Majesty before. I originally wanted to ask the Second Saint Qing for his opinion, but you also know the result... Later I went to ask the British Duke for advice. He doesn’t hide his personal interests, but his government is only for the military and has nothing to do with politics, so it’s not professional enough~”
Daiyu looked at Jia Cong's headache and couldn't help laughing when she recalled the scene when he jumped and complained after returning from the palace that day.
No one expected that it was the emperor who gave him the right to establish a government office after special discussions with the cabinet and the six ministries. He actually told Jia Cong that he would build the government office by himself, raise funds by himself, find personnel by himself, and take power by himself... …
Anyway, it's just a sentence, I don't care about your Marquis's affairs, you can handle it yourself.
This confused Jia Cong.
"I have inquired from the Crown Prince. In fact, the Second Sage asked you to open a government office because the constraints of the court were increasing and the implementation of the New Deal became more and more difficult. He wanted you to find another way to avoid the restrictions of the court and give another direction to the New Deal. Find a way. So, you can do it boldly and confidently. Even if you fail, there will not be big turmoil in the court. "
Daiyu waved Zijuan over and asked her to get the warm water handkerchief.
Then she took the brush out of Jia Cong's hand, put away the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the desk, soaked the handkerchief and paste it and rubbed it on Jia Cong's face, scrubbing away the ink stains that were accidentally stained on his hands and face.
While combing Jia Cong's hair, she put on the purple gold crown, pulled it up and said with a smile: "Instead of sitting in a daze, why not take advantage of the fine weather and go outside with me to relax... In the past six months, almost every day I have been burying my head in the documents all day, and I feel as old as my father."
At this time, Daiyu was like an elf on the grassland, driving away the sickness, her pretty face was delicate and rosy, and her whole body was full of vitality.
Jia Cong followed her confusedly onto the horse, and went out from the camp gate. Accompanied by more than a dozen personal soldiers and subordinates, he arrived at the foot of Tiewan Mountain.
There are several villages located near the royal hunting ground, and there is a small town next to the official road into Beijing. It is noon and it is quite lively.
Although the two of them were not wearing official robes or skirts, most people in the town knew their identities.
Tuduhou, the mistress of Rongguo Mansion, brought the magical potato to Daxia. There is also Princess Wen'an, the only daughter of the God of Wealth in Great Xia, who has given their children books to read, and who has led people on two inspection tours before.
In the small restaurant, those who were chatting over wine lowered their voices for fear of disturbing the two nobles.
The shopkeeper dismissed the waiter, brought the best tea himself, and asked respectfully: "What would you like to eat, sir?"
"Just have one portion of the specialty dishes. There is no need to spend extravagantly. We have to go to Caixu Village after eating. I heard that there is a lot of excitement in Caixu Village today, so we have to rush there."
Daiyu spoke to the shopkeeper in a gentle voice, and the shopkeeper felt that Her Highness the Princess was really kind and friendly to the people, not even as good as a goddess.
Seeing that the Marquis beside him was absent-minded and dazed, he joked: "Your Highness originally went to Caixu Village, and the bustling of Caixu Village was thanks to His Highness. Who would have thought that Cai Xu's family was in ruins at that time?" The village now not only has enough food and clothing, but also has three outstanding students in the official school graduation exam. Three outstanding students in one village can be regarded as smoke rising from the ancestral graves. How can the clan leader be unhappy. He has promised to perform a three-day drama , and we have to set up flowing water mats for three days..."
"What village? Cai Xucun? You mean Cai Xu Village, a village with three excellent results in this year's graduation examination, will be expelled from the Imperial Academy to study?"
Jia Cong, who was originally in a daze, woke up when the shopkeeper told him, because it was he who proposed the graduation selection model of the official school.
According to the policy finally formulated by the imperial court, all official schools will conduct final examinations every year. Especially in the fourth-year graduation examination, those who have excellent scores and good moral character can be recommended by the school professors and reviewed by the prefecture and county edicts, and their results will be listed. They will be sent to the Imperial College for final review, and the best candidates will be selected to continue their studies in the Imperial College.
This is the Daxia version of a recommended student, whose status is equivalent to that of a senior scholar.
There are actually three people from Caixu Village elected to the Imperial Academy. Isn't this just the smoke coming out of the ancestral graves?
And from what the shopkeeper said, Cai Xucun was still very poor before...
Jia Cong became interested immediately and kept asking about the situation in Cai Xucun while eating with Daiyu.
"You may not know about Caixu Village. The location of this village is not very good. There is not much fertile land around it. The harvest of the previous year was not enough to pay the land tax. Every winter, the whole village goes out to beg for food..."
In Daiyu's explanation, Jia Cong basically understood what was special about this village.
The land is barren and the fields produce very little. Even if they live in a pinch, they will go hungry in winter.
In order to survive, people in the village had no choice but to go out in groups and become part of the refugees, heading to the county seat or even the capital to beg for food.
It wasn't until the imperial court began to promote potato cultivation that the people of Caixu Village were no longer hungry for the first time.
Later, Daiyu took people from the Ministry of Rites on a tour of Gyeonggi. She happened to hear the story of Cai Xucun and went to check it out in person.
The biggest hardship of Caixu Village is that it is located next to the Royal Garden of Tiewan Mountain, which prevents them from cultivating new fields at will.
But the biggest advantage is that it is next to the Royal Garden of Tiewan Mountain. There is hot spring water on the mountain, and the running water just passes through the back mountain of Caixu Village...
Daiyu thought of the Jia family's hot spring village in the west of the city. The Jia family used the hot spring water to build a greenhouse and grow off-season vegetables, which could bring tens of thousands in revenue next year.
Thinking of this, Daiyu went to the imperial concubine Yang and asked for grace from the empress. Tiewangshan Royal Garden and Caixucun jointly built a greenhouse to grow off-season vegetables and sell them to large companies in Gyeonggi. In 2008, all Caixu Village was lifted out of poverty, winning the first battle against poverty.
"Today, Caixu Village should be the richest village within a radius of thirty miles. In the past, people in Caixu Village could not even get a wife, but now they can't even get a wife in Caixu Village without a dowry of ten thousand yuan or eighty yuan. …”
When Daiyu talked about Cai Xucun, her eyebrows curled up with joy.
This was the first time that she, alone, saved more than 500 people in a village from hunger and cold, and made it the richest village within a thirty-mile radius.
Moreover, the people in this village are so impressive that they were able to train three Imperial College candidates in just a few years. It’s so impressive!
Daiyu brought Jia Cong out today, firstly to let her fiancé enjoy her glory together.
Secondly, it also allows Jia Cong, who has been frowning these days, to relax and try to see if he can get a glimmer of inspiration from the miraculous changes in Cai Xucun...
…
Caixu Village has obviously undergone large-scale construction. The neat farmyards surround the ancestral hall in the middle and are distributed in an orderly manner.
The clean and tidy streets are all lined with bluestone slabs. Jia Cong and Dai Yu admired the sweet-scented osmanthus flowers on both sides of the road, and could hear the singing and playing of children in their ears.
"It smells so good~"
Jia Cong touched his bulging belly. He was a little full after eating in the town. Now he could smell the aroma of food floating in the air. He said with some resentment: "The running water mat in the countryside is the most delicious. If I had known, I wouldn't have eaten so much just now." ”
Daiyu smiled and said: "It's okay, this running water mat is only for three days. This place is not far from the camp. Let's just come back tomorrow."
Jia Cong nodded and said, "Then I have to prepare gifts for you tomorrow. We can't just eat for free..."
"The Marquis is joking. Both Her Royal Highness the Princess and the Marquis are great benefactors to our Caixu Village. It is our Caixu Village's blessing that the benefactor can come. How can we let the benefactor spend money..."
Just 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, led by the clan elders.
"The grassroots people, together with the Cai and Xu tribes, pay homage to Her Royal Highness the Princess, and pay homage to the Marquis Yongfeng!"
"Lao Zhang Cai and Lao Zhang Xu, please get up quickly. Everyone, please get up..."
Daiyu signaled, and the soldiers stepped forward to help the two old men up. Jia Cong also stepped forward personally, picked up a little baby next to Mr. Cai, and poked the baby's chubby face.
"Hey, this baby looks strong and makes people feel happy just looking at him."
Mr. Cai quickly said: "This is Lao Chen's great-grandson. He was born under the grace of the Marquis. He is already three years old this year. I named him Mu En. I hope that he will never forget the kindness given to us by the Marquis and the Princess..."
"Cai Mu'en? What a good name!"
Jia Cong hugged the chubby baby and said with a smile: "But this is not the kindness that Sister Lin and I bestow upon you. The Emperor, the Holy Ming, promotes the planting of high-yielding grains so that you will no longer be hungry. He also gave you hot springs. I have given you the means to support your family, and now you have given birth to talented people. It is the emperor and the imperial court that you should be grateful for."
These two old men can lead the whole village out of the siege of hunger and cold, so they are certainly not stupid people.
After hearing what Jia Congru said, I naturally understood.
I saw them raising their hands to the sky and shouting long live: "What the Marquis said is that we are all the subjects of the Emperor. Only by bathing in the Emperor's grace can we have a stable and prosperous life. I wish your Majesty long live and the Great Xia may live forever!"
…
Naturally, the people of Cai Xucun would not really let their two benefactors, Jia Cong and Dai Yu, bring gifts and introduce them into the banquet.
Under the leadership of the two clan elders, the two came to the chief and sat down.
Jia Cong did not put on airs, but happily hugged Mr. Cai's great-grandson, played with the fat baby with a piece of snack on the table.
As the person who presided over the poverty alleviation of Caixu Village, Daiyu was still talking about the village affairs with Cai Xu.
Jia Cong's ears twitched. He was really shocked to hear that each household in Caixu Village now had an annual income of no less than fifty taels of silver.
His eldest maid's monthly salary is no more than two taels.
In Jia Cong's impression, the Jixiang Ruyi around him earned more than 20 taels in a year, which was enough to support a family, which shows the purchasing power of this money.
A few years ago, in Cai Xucun, every family had only four walls and could starve to death. In just a few years, she has already far surpassed the eldest maid in his family, leaping to a radius of thirty miles...
No, even the people in the capital, those wealthy families, may not be as wealthy as the people in Caixu Village.
"Your Highness, I have followed your instructions and sent two hundred taels of silver to the school in the town in the past few years. In addition, the children in the clan have been trying to improve themselves, so I finally did not lose face to Your Highness."
Mr. Cai proudly and gratefully said 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 the Imperial College..."
Daiyu's eyes sparkled 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 achieve this level. Reading is not something that can be achieved overnight. Three people can pass the exam in three years. Look! You, the Cai and Xu clans, have the talent for reading in your bones. Of course, this is also the result of your hard work."
I saw Daiyu speaking and waving to Zicuckoo and Xueyan behind her, and the two maids asked someone to fetch a small box.
When the box was opened, there were dozens of brand new books inside.
"Sister Lin, why didn't you tell me about the gift you prepared? It made me come here empty-handed and eat for free..."
Daiyu gave Jia Cong a roll of her eyes: "What's mine is yours, and you told me so clearly, be careful I go back and complain to my uncle!"
After teasing Jia Cong, Daiyu turned to Cai and Xu and continued: "These are the four books and other classics that I asked for to be printed. Think of them as my gifts to the children in the village. The top few books were all ordered by my father. I have selected the most suitable Confucian commentaries for the provincial examination and handed them over to the three of them for me, so that they can study hard and pass the exam for us as three candidates in the future..."
Elder Cai and Xu almost trembled as they stroked the box containing the books. There is no shortage of money in Caixu Village nowadays, but it is difficult to buy such collector's edition books even if you have money.
They finally knelt down again, and the Caixu people on the side also knelt down and worshiped.
"Your Highness's kindness will never be forgotten by the Cai and Xu clans. On behalf of the Cai and Xu clans, I would like to thank His Highness for your kindness. Your Highness will live forever!"
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I’ll stop here tonight and continue tomorrow. Good night!
(End of chapter)
