However, Liu Chang, who knows more about government affairs, is also aware of his wife's worries. I know even more that my wife’s worries are not unfounded. If the emperor really has a estrangement from this man one day, the first person to be unlucky will definitely be the people around him like himself. If the prince does not inherit the throne, he will always be the prince. The real power is still in the hands of the emperor.
Especially the current emperor, who has always followed the rules and regulations since he came to power, has never made any changes. As for this prince, when I talked to him today, I found that he had a strong desire for change. It is easy for the father and son to become estranged over this matter. It doesn't matter to me, but what if it affects my family? Looking at his wife beside him, Liu Chang was unsure for a moment. ,
Even though he is an official now, his wife has suffered a lot from him over the years. I am different from those officials who have family support. My parents are ordinary small rural landowners. The family only had more than a hundred acres of land, so he could barely support himself in studying. And what spare money is there to help him fill the big hole in the officialdom? What's more, there are other brothers in the family.
It is impossible for parents to give all their property to themselves. And the salary of a seventh-grade official is nothing in Xijing City, where water is three times more expensive. A year's salary, excluding rent and favors, and expenses at home, there is not much left. Although his parents did not follow him to office, they have always lived with his younger brother in his hometown. But every year, I still send some back.
Relatives at home, knowing that he is an official, come to enjoy the autumn breeze from time to time. In addition, in the past, the salary was always in arrears, and it was customary to receive 60% of the salary every year. The worst year was only half. Those officials with real power in their hands don't care at all whether their salaries are paid or not. Even if those people have no salary, they are still extremely rich. The key is that they, the poor officials in the capital, suffer.
Especially the Xijing yamen officials who had no real power in their hands were even more miserable. It was not until this year that the former King of England and the new Crown Prince came into power. The previous arrears were also converted into cash and reissued, so the family felt a little better off. In the past, although the family was not in a state where the pot could not be opened, it was not much better than an ordinary small household.
Even in some aspects, it is not as good as those others. As a seventh-grade official, he could not even afford a servant at home, so he had to rely on his wife to do everything herself. Over the years, my wife, as an official wife, has been wearing very shabby clothes, and she has been reluctant to wear a new dress for several years. The jewelry he wore were all his wife's dowry back then, and the best one was just a jade hairpin.
His wife has been with him for so many years and has endured so much hardship. How could he bear to let her get involved with him in any way? He knew very well that his decision to take refuge now with the new crown prince whose foundation was far from stable was, to put it bluntly, a gamble. If you win the bet, you can expect your own rapid rise. But once the bet is lost, the lives of the whole family will be at stake.
Seeing that her husband was silent, his wife was also silent. Her husband is full of talents, and she knows this as her pillow partner. But during his ten years as an official, he still worked in various idle positions, never being reused, and his talents had nowhere to be used. My husband has always been filled with depression. Especially in recent years, he has become more and more silent.
Now that he is favored by the current prince, it is really a rare opportunity. Once you miss it, you may regret it for the rest of your life. Although her husband said nothing, she knew that silence actually meant that his heart had been moved, which was why he had not made a final decision. She was moved by her husband's behavior of not caring about his official position, but of considering his family more.
Unlike the deputy envoy who became the biggest joke in Xijing, he even sent his wife, daughter, daughter-in-law and concubine to him for promotion. My heart is more about myself and this family. Although he has suffered some hardships following him over the years, in his heart, he and this family have always been the most important thing, and this is enough.
After hesitating for a while, although her heart was full of worries, she still said to her husband: "Don't think too much. In fact, how can we choose this matter? He is the crown prince of the country. Now that he values you, how can he still Do you have the right to say no? I don’t ask you to be a big official, I just ask you to think more about us three mothers in everything, and don’t act too carelessly and recklessly."
I heard from my wife that these were not words of support. Liu Chang hugged his wife tighter in his heart, and couldn't help but feel a deep sense of gratitude in his heart. Feeling the astonishing fullness of his wife in his arms, Liu Chang had not had sex with her for who knows how long. At this time, he was extremely grateful for his wife's support and more apologetic. Liu Chang couldn't help but feel a little emotional and opened his mouth to kiss his wife.
It's just that although I want to make up for my wife, my endurance is limited. Liu Chang, who had finished his work before it was time for a cup of tea, could only use apologetic eyes to look at his wife, who was still charming and extremely beautiful even though she was over thirty years old: "I'm sorry to disappoint you again. Ming. I'd better think of a way and find a few more doctors to see if there are any suitable prescriptions."
I had just started to get excited, but my husband was as usual and lost his temper within a short period of time. No matter how he manipulated her in every possible way, there was still no response. Disappointed again, Liu's wife looked at her husband's apologetic eyes. In fact, she was used to her husband being like this, so she could only shake her head gently: "Go to sleep, don't think too much. You can't force this kind of thing. "
Liu Chang apologized heartily for his wife's tenderness. When he was transferred back to Xijing from his position as acting magistrate, he suffered a huge blow. There was a person who was full of talent but could not express his anger, so he fell seriously ill soon after returning to Xijing. Although under the painstaking care of his wife, he recovered after three months on the bed. But on the bed, she never cheered up again.
Even if I support it with all my strength, I can barely support it for a cup of tea. In the past two years, I have secretly consulted several doctors and taken countless prescriptions, but there has been no effect. On the contrary, it has only gotten worse. With his wife by his side, he is almost a widow. But his wife still didn't complain and served him hard and without complaint. In order to avoid suspicion, he never leaves the front door or takes a single step forward on weekdays.
Liu Chang, who felt more and more apologetic the more he thought about it, looked at his wife who was still beautiful, but increasingly looked haggard. Being helpless, he could only hold his wife tightly in his arms. And his wife has become accustomed to his powerlessness in recent years. She just snuggled into her husband's arms quietly and said nothing. For her, this was just part of the oppressive life at home over the years.
Although the two couples hugged each other tightly, no one spoke. After a long time, Liu's wife let out a slight sigh. Hearing his wife's sigh, I felt even more sad. As a husband, he was wasted in these officialdoms. He was transferred here and there but he was always in the seventh rank position and was never able to be promoted. I finally became the county magistrate, but before I could finish my term, I was squeezed out.
In the past few years of his official career, not only has his family not been able to enjoy the blessings with him, but his wife has also been worried about him. My wife never thought about being rich, but as a husband, I have never been able to give her a stable life. My wife has never had any complaints, and she has never let herself worry about housework. She also takes good care of her two children.
Now, even the most basic bed matters between husband and wife are incompetent. I am really an incompetent person. Thinking of this, Liu Chang, who was still hesitant at first, suddenly decided that he must seize this opportunity. I don't expect to be a top official, but at least I want to get a decree for my wife to compensate for her sadness over the years and my own incompetence.
At this time, Huang Qiong, who was watching the Second Road in the Wanchun Hall about this year's autumn harvest and the situation of refugees returning home, naturally did not expect that Liu Chang and his wife would have such a conversation. Perhaps he is a fan of the authorities, but Liu Chang, a capable official, is not as clear-eyed as his wife about the general direction of some things. What he didn't expect was that what made Liu Chang make up his mind was his debt to his wife.
Putting down the book in his hand, Huang Qiong couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Although this year, by the middle of the year, the drought in both areas has eased to a certain extent, and there has been no continuous drought, this year's autumn harvest is still not optimistic. Whether it is Longyou or Shaanxi, at least until the middle of next year, the food gap will still be large, and a large amount of food will be needed. To maintain it until the middle of next year, more than 100,000 stones will be needed.
The situation in Longnan on Longyou Road is better, but other places still need a lot of food relief. The same is true for Yan'an Prefecture on Shaanxi Road and several states and counties in the west. When Commander Liu Jie was in Yan'an Prefecture, he not only robbed women, but also carried out large-scale plunder. The prefectures and counties in the western part of Yan'an Prefecture, which were originally severely affected by disasters, were even hit by military disasters this time. The losses caused by these two disasters were extremely heavy.
People who had not fled during last year's severe drought also began to become refugees. Although Liu Jie is dead now, the harm he caused to the prefectures and counties in the western part of Yan'an Prefecture is far from being cleared up, and the remaining evil he caused has not been eliminated. The three counties of Baoan, Anding, and Wuqi in the west of Yan'an Prefecture, which were once densely populated, are now almost completely deserted and filled with tigers and leopards.
If it were not for the deputy commander of the Xijing Palace Front Division who was in charge of the troops and horses of the Xijing Camp and cooperated with him in the battle, the troops suppressing the Xijing Camp would not have been involved. Even in order to avoid being affected, if they stationed in Huamachi alone, I am afraid that not even a root of grass will be left in these three counties. The new magistrate of the three counties has been unable to be selected for a long time. There is a seventh-grade magistrate of the county, but no official in Xijing dares to take over.
If these three county magistrate positions were thrown away in normal times, these guys would probably have their heads beaten into pieces. But now, these three county magistrate positions have become a hot potato, and no one is willing to take them. They are eager to recuperate and heal the three counties that have been traumatized by drought and military disasters, but they cannot choose officials casually. In this situation, incompetent officials are simply not qualified to handle it.
Thinking of this, Huang Qiong couldn't help but feel a little irritable. I was somewhat annoyed with the Shaanxi pacifier. This guy didn't say it before, but he had stayed in Ningxia Mansion for such a long time, and he didn't have a single clue about it. Now that Liu Jie had been executed, he jumped out and shook all these things away. If he had reported this matter when he was in Ningxia Mansion, why would he be so passive?
Even if Zhuo Ruxiao, a local official, tried his best to hide it for Liu Jie, as the pacifier of the first constitution, he had not heard anything for several months? is it possible? From this point on, he was unqualified as a pacifier. It can even be said that he is an asshole. If he doesn't deal with Liu Jie, I'm afraid this bastard will continue to hide it for that guy.
