Qianqing Palace.
The young emperor Zhu Youxiao and the young queen Zhang Yan were sitting around the fire.
Although the two have slept with each other.
But this was only the third time the two met, so they were not familiar with each other. Naturally, they still felt a little strange and awkward.
"Although my father is just a scholar and has never been elected, he has always been the most popular person in the village, and the villagers obey his words. Therefore, when there is a dispute in any family, he has to rely on him to provide justice. He has to be the one to preside over family weddings and funerals. He has to be the one to preside over the construction of roads, bridges and canals. He has to be the one to contact officials when they go to the countryside. Even if there is an grievance against someone, he has to be the one to write a complaint. Litigating lawsuits on behalf of the villagers, so after my father left his hometown because he and his concubines were going to Beijing, the villagers couldn't bear to leave him, saying that they didn't know how to live their lives in the future."
Because Zhu Youxiao took the initiative to ask the queen to talk about his family situation, Zhang Yan sat aside and started talking.
Zhu Youxiao listened attentively, nodded slightly and said: "Your Majesty, a humble scholar, is not a big figure to the whole world, even just the entire scholarly community, but to a village, he is a very important figure."
"Exactly, Your Majesty, the villagers said that it would be better to have no county magistrate in the government office than to have a minister who upholds justice. Even if it is the county magistrate, he has to rely on the village minister or master to collect taxes, grain, and corvee labor. Help, otherwise we won’t succeed.”
Zhang Yan started talking.
Zhu Youxiao fell silent, and after a while, he looked at Zhang Yan's beautiful figure and said: "So, if your father leaves your hometown, your hometown will be in chaos from now on, and the court will not be able to control you villagers. Already?"
Zhang Yan pursed her lips, rolled her big round eyes, and then turned to look at Zhu Youxiao. She seemed to be thinking about the meaning of the emperor's question.
Zhang Yan thought for a while and then replied: "If there is no one else who can replace my father, that is indeed the case, but it is not easy to produce a scholar in the countryside. Even if a scholar is born, most of them want to be successful, or Those who go to the city to work as teachers in the homes of those officials will not come back to help the villagers, or go to the city to climb the ranks of the officials and then return to the hometown to become kings and hegemons. Therefore, my father is willing to stay in the village. There are relatively few talented people who help the villagers, so they are important and the villagers love them and are reluctant to part with them."
Zhu Youxiao smiled. He found that marrying a commoner woman as a queen would actually help him grasp the first information from the grassroots.
"What do you say to those who claim to be kings and hegemons after returning to their hometowns? Please tell me in detail."
Zhu Youxiao asked Zhang Yan again.
"Your Majesty, you don't know that some villages have become one-family villages in this way. For example, in the village across the river in our township, their butcher Xianggong married Luan Daotai's daughter, so when he returned to his hometown, he worked with the government to oppress the villagers. They forced the villagers to pay tens or even hundreds of times more taxes every year until they sold their land at a low price, and then all the land in that village became the property of Tu Xianggong’s family.”
Zhang Yan started talking.
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao's expression became solemn and he thought to himself: "It seems that the Ming Dynasty needs to cultivate more scholars who can manage the villagers for the court and uphold justice for the villagers, but it also needs to control the scholars who act as emperors and kings in the villages. , especially those who colluded with local powerful people and the government. In the final analysis, the government's control power at the grassroots level is not enough, and the investment in education is not enough! The quality of grassroots governance is all linked to the personal moral standards of the local gentry! If a village There can be several or even a dozen scholars, which can also check, balance and supervise each other! However, it is also a problem that people do not want to stay in their hometown after becoming scholars. The only way to solve it is to increase the basic official establishment and strengthen the court's control over the grassroots. , breaking the stereotype that imperial power did not go to the countryside, and through power and generous treatment, some scholars stayed in their hometowns to serve at the grassroots level. In addition, in the future, a system must be established in which only scholars who are willing to contribute to the basics can be promoted to high-ranking officials in the court. Prime Minister They must start from the state headquarters, and fierce generals must be sent to the soldiers. We should focus on following the officials, instead of being like now, where the Qingliu governs and the Hanlin discusses the military."
"His Majesty?"
Zhang Yan glanced at Zhu Youxiao at this time.
But when she saw that Zhu Youxiao was deep in thought, she didn't say anything anymore. She just sat aside and allowed her attendant to shave her hair.
Zhu Youxiao came to his senses when Zhang Yan called him so softly, then said "hmm" and just looked at Zhang Yan's hair.
Zhang Yan noticed that Zhu Youxiao was staring at her, so she pursed her red lips, her pear dimples were slightly exposed, there was a little blush on her cheeks, and her long black hair fell down from Qumei's figure like a waterfall. , swaying in the air, with a hint of fragrant wind.
Zhu Youxiao also took in all this, and suddenly felt springlike because of it. He couldn't help but raise his eyes upwards, and saw a section of Zhang Yan's jade neck, and the tender white skin under the jade neck hidden in the gauze.
For a moment, Zhu Youxiao felt uncomfortable. He picked up and put down the memorial beside him. Finally, he simply got up and went to the royal bed. He lay down on the bed first and took off his outer robe.
Because he couldn't see anything now, he just felt that his body was very hot.
After Zhang Yanzhen got ready, she still sat by the fire, holding her cheek, looking at Zhu Youxiao, and blinked: "Your Majesty, are you sleepy?"
Zhu Youxiao had to say: "Come up! It's time to get down to business!"
Zhang Yan suddenly opened her eyes wide, pursed her lips tightly, lowered her charming eyes, looked at the ground, fiddled with her fingers, and frowned slightly: "Do we have to do business with His Majesty? Can Your Majesty forgive me for not doing business today?"
"Can't!"
Zhu Youxiao replied seriously and hurriedly got up to pull Zhang Yan over.
Zhang Yan was so timid that she begged, "Your Majesty, can you please be gentle?"
Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a moment, then nodded, with a smile on his serious face, and said softly: "Okay, come here!"
Zhang Yan then stood up and walked over, dragging her long, straight black hair, and then lay down next to Zhu Youxiao obediently.
Zhu Youxiao also started breathing rapidly and stared at the top of the bed energetically.
Promise to leave as soon as the lights are turned off.
Zhu Youxiao turned over dishonestly, climbed on the queen's body, and started to chew on it.
…
The next day.
Zhu Youxiao still woke up before Zhang Yan, but this time, he didn't frown, just smiled, secretly kissed Zhang Yan's fair forehead, then got up and got out of bed nimbly, and promised to help him change clothes and wash up.
"Tell everyone below to speak softly, the Queen is still sleeping."
For a moment, Colonel Zhu You suddenly told Wang Chengen such a sentence before going to practice.
After the exercise, Wei Zhongxian happened to come to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty! Dongchang has an important secret report from Nanjing."
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