This time Ding Yuying really misunderstood Zhu Cixiang, because Zhu Cixiang didn't expect two teenagers of sixteen or seventeen years old to be able to manage a county!
Being a parent in one county and being a prince in a hundred miles is never an easy job. In future generations, those who do this job will basically be uncles and aunts who have been in government for many years... They may not be able to do it well, let alone two children?
No matter how smart Ding Yuying is, she can't manage a county in an orderly manner, so if she doesn't do it well, it's definitely cheating! So no matter how bad Ding Yuying did, Zhu Cixiang would never give her a grand burial. On the contrary, if she really manages a county well, Emperor Zhu will send someone to investigate and see if anyone is manipulating her behind her back?
Zhu Cihong asked Zhu Hexing and Ding Yuying to govern a county. In fact, he wanted them to mess up the matter themselves. Only in this way did the two of them understand the difficulties of local governance, and at the same time understand how the grassroots of the Ming Dynasty operated.
After they messed up a county, Zhu Cixiang would ask them to harm a government a few years later... and would also ask them to manage a vassal town in the future.
While continuing to cause harm to the place, Ding Yuying still had to complete her studies and began to participate in the management of the Royal Chamber of Commerce - this would allow her to understand how the Ming Dynasty's industry and commerce operated. Zhu Hexing will join the army after completing his studies at the Jiangwu Hall to become familiar with all aspects of the Ming Dynasty's army.
Only by accumulating enough local, industrial, commercial and military experience can the two couples grow into a generation of wise kings... So it was very natural for Emperor Chongzhen to give blind orders back then. He just didn't understand anything. , how can a 16-year-old boy who has only read a few sage books be a wise king? It is very normal that Ming Dynasty was governed worse and worse by him.
Yilingzhou, the palace of the Emperor of Tomorrow.
Prince Zhu Hexing, who had not seen his father for a while, finally met Emperor Zhu with Ding Yuying in an uneasy mood.
The reason for feeling uneasy is, of course, that he failed the French test again... If he was not the prince, he would have to take action!
"Good luck, Yuying, please take a seat... I have good news for you!" Zhu Cixiang smiled and seemed to be in a good mood. He did not mention that Zhu Hexing ranked last in the French test. He greeted him and Ding Yuying to sit down very warmly.
Zhu Hexing still felt a little guilty and did not dare to speak. Instead, he glanced at his wife Ding Yuying. Ding Yuying smiled and asked: "Father, do you have any good news for your daughter-in-law?"
"Of course!" Zhu Cixiang smiled, "Your man is going to be an official!"
The prince is an official?
This thing sounds new!
"What kind of official position does he want to be?" Ding Yuying asked next.
"When you become a magistrate of Shizhu County, use a false name to do so," Zhu Cixiang said with a smile. "In a while, you will be the eighth-grade life officer of the Ming Dynasty!"
Eighth-grade life official? Zhu He Xingxin said: Officials at such a young age are still very rare. I have never seen such an official before...I don’t know if it is difficult to become one?
"Father," Ding Yuying smiled, "my daughter-in-law is worried that her husband will not be able to serve as an official!"
Isn’t it good to be an eighth-grade official? Zhu Hexing felt a little unhappy and interrupted: "Father, don't listen to her. How difficult is it to be an eighth-grade official? My son is a prince, how can he not be good at it?"
Ding Yuying glanced at her confident husband, feeling so miserable in her heart!
Are you in this position? It's obviously me who's doing it! If you don't do it right, you'll die!
Zhu Cixiang smiled and said: "Of course it is easy to be a Tongzhi. There is a real county magistrate to take care of everything... I have sent Ma Wanchun to be Shizhu County Magistrate. You can study hard with him for two months, and then I will I will send you to be a county magistrate somewhere else.”
Ma Wanchun is the younger brother of Ma Wannian, the military governor of Xichuan. He has been serving as a county magistrate under Zunyi Prefecture (Xichuan Military Administration), and Shizhu is still his hometown - he is the grandson of Qin Liangyu, and Shizhu is the hereditary territory of his family, but in the Ma family After evacuating Shizhu, the area had been completely transformed by the Dashun court. The foundation of the Ma family no longer existed, so it was impossible to restore the Shizhu Xuanwei Division. Therefore, Ma Wanchun went to Shizhu as a floating official.
However, the Ma family did not lose money in this incident. Although they lost Shizhu, they got the land in the Hailongtun area of Zunyi Prefecture - the core territory of the Yang family in Bozhou in the past, now became the territory of the Shizhu Ma family. Compared with Shizhu, Hailongdun, located on the main transportation road in Sichuan and Guizhou provinces, is much better.
"I know," Zhu Hexing patted his chest, "I must learn to be a county magistrate with that Ma, Ma Wanchun!"
Just don’t learn French!
Zhu Cixiang glanced at Ding Yuying again, and Ding Yuying also nodded: "Father, my daughter-in-law will definitely urge His Royal Highness to learn to be a county magistrate!"
Zhu Hexing was a little unhappy after hearing this. He was a prince, how could he let the princess supervise him? He frowned and was about to speak, but Emperor Zhu spoke first: "Yuying, you not only have to supervise the prince, but you also have to learn with the prince!"
Zhu and Xing were both dumbfounded. Is this the prince becoming an official or the princess becoming an official?
Emperor Zhu glanced at his son and said with a smile: "Good luck, it's not easy to be an official, and it's even harder to be a prince of a hundred miles. And your temper is too rough, and you are not as careful as Yuying, so I asked Yuying to study with you. From now on, the two of you will run a county together... Remember, a husband and wife working together can make a difference!"
This was said euphemistically, but Zhu Hexing could still understand the meaning! Emperor Zhu said: "You stupid boy is stupid and can't learn to be a county magistrate. That's why I asked your wife to learn with you. After learning, we can become a trainee county magistrate together!"
"What the father said is absolutely true. I will definitely learn from Yuying."
Of course, Prince Zhu would not dare to talk back to his father...
Zhu Cixiang waved his hand, "Good luck, you go back first... You failed the French test again this time, so hurry up and memorize the vocabulary! I still have something to tell Yuying."
When Zhu Hexing heard about the French test and memorizing words, he really ran faster than a rabbit. He bowed and ran out of the palace lobby.
Emperor Zhu looked at his son's back, sighed softly, and then said to his daughter-in-law Ding Yuying: "Yuying, you are so lucky!"
"What did your father say? My daughter-in-law is not afraid of hardship..."
Zhu Cixiang smiled: "You can only become a master by enduring hardships! The prince's talent is limited, and I will have to rely on you to help me in the future. However, although you are smart, you are still young and have little knowledge, so you still have to deal with the affairs of a county. It's not easy. But don't be afraid, just go ahead and do it. If you don't do it well, I will punish you... I just want you and the prince to know that it is not easy to be in government, and it is even more difficult to be an official for local parents. !”
This is a death-free gold medal!
Ding Yuying let out a sigh of relief and said to Emperor Zhu: "My daughter-in-law knows about my father's painstaking efforts. She will definitely assist the prince and serve as a county official as much as possible."
Zhu Cixiang nodded and said: "But don't work too hard... You are still pregnant with the child, so you should rest. It will not be good if you have fetal gas. And parents in this county, It’s not something you can do well just by working hard.”
Ding Yuying nodded: "My daughter-in-law understands."
Zhu Cixiang added: "Actually, I have never been a Bailihou, and I have nothing to teach you. I can only tell you some general principles. The first thing is to do well in the official examination. Only when there are capable people below can the county's affairs be handled well." . But these officials who have passed the examination must be treated with both leniency and severity, kindness and power.
Next is land distribution and next year's spring plowing... Food is the most important thing for the people, this is the top priority! The rights (ownership) at the bottom of the field must be handled vaguely, and the surface (right to use) of the field must be divided equally first. Field division must be completed before spring plowing, and the sowing area must be increased as much as possible.
The third step is to check the household registration. The households must be checked as much as possible. Only after checking the household registration can the township be established and fully controlled. Only by controlling the population can we reasonably show off the corvee.
The fourth is to establish a militia and volunteers. What you and the prince are going to are all newly recovered territories, which will not be very stable. Although I will send the Guards to follow, the maintenance of the place still depends on the local volunteers.
If you and the prince have done these four things well, your performance should not be too bad! "
