The seventh prince and the fourth prince found someone to spread Sheng Hong's message, and now the civil and military forces in the court became quiet.
No matter what I think in my heart, I don’t yell anymore.
Several bachelors did not come forward, and the two princes also sided with Sheng Hong. What could the officials below use to persuade Sheng Hong to change his mind?
I can only admit it.
Alas, the world is difficult. Even an official will have a whip beside him from now on. If you are not careful, the whip will fall.
From the governor of three provinces to the governor of one prefecture, how can I have the face to see others in the future?
However, some people were happy because of Sheng Hong's imperial edict of rewards and punishments.
That is the petty officials who came from the recent imperial examinations.
This time, Sheng Hong transferred seven or eight such petty officials to go to the local area to take charge of the power. If there are still local officials who fail to act in the future, they will have the opportunity to be promoted.
Li family.
It was late autumn, but the greenhouse was already on fire. Although the temperature had not dropped below zero, it was dry and cold. There were many children in the house, so the Li family's greenhouse was on fire early.
Although it is a sunny day today with the sun hanging in the sky, it is actually quite cold with a slight cold wind blowing.
Xin Zhi went to work early in the morning, and Li Yu slept until he woke up naturally. He first went to say hello to the elders of Xin's family, and then went back to his and Xin Zhi's small courtyard to have breakfast. After breakfast, he first went to a snack shop and walked around. Then came the Li family.
Li Shu and Wang Guihua were in a shop, and the other was in a sweet potato workshop in the north of the city. Tao Zhu and Fan Yuanyuan were at home. Since Shen Hua almost lived in the charity hall, Tao Zhu and Fan Yuanyuan had more free time.
Li Yu'an came here today with nothing to do. The Xin family treated him very kindly. After getting married, Xin Zhi immediately handed over all the people and things in his small courtyard to him.
He himself had a high status, and the Xin family valued him, so he, the new husband, firmly held the power in Xin Zhi's courtyard. Regardless of whether it is an old man who has served Wu Anhou for decades, or a handsome maid or servant, they all treat him respectfully.
The servants were all obedient, and he didn't encounter anything unpleasant. However, it had been a year since he and Xin Zhi got married, and his stomach was still silent, which made him a little troubled.
Xin Zhi is already twenty-five years old, and children of Xin Zhi's age can go to private schools. However, he and Xin Zhi have been married for one year, but they have not been able to give birth to a child for Xin Zhi. Although Xin Zhi's family did not put any pressure on him, he himself It's inevitable to be depressed.
Therefore, after Xin Zhi went out today, he returned to his parents' house to find relief from his boredom.
At the end of the day, he first accompanied Li Xiaolan and Fan Yuanyuan to make desserts. Many of the Li family's desserts were not for sale. He happened to be craving pork floss and scallops, so he, Li Xiaolan and Fan Yuanyuan spent a long time in the kitchen.
After lunch, he stayed in the multi-functional leisure room in the front yard to take care of Zheng Qianqian and Li Xia's children.
Li Erbao and Brother Ju were at their lively and active ages and couldn't stay in the greenhouse, but Zheng Qianqian's twins, who were just born this year, could only lie on the kang obediently and let him kiss and pinch them. pinch.
Li Xia's second son was three months older than the twins. Zhao Shen and Li Xia named him Le. The couple did not expect Zhao Le to do anything in the future. They just wanted to be happy for the rest of their lives.
Zhao Le could already crawl, crawling slowly around on the kang. His fleshy little body was so round and cute that he couldn't help but kiss and squeeze it.
Soon, it was time for Dasheng officials to get off work.
But Li Yu'an was not in a hurry to leave. He sent a message to Xin Zhi at noon, asking Xin Zhi to come to Li's house to pick him up.
Xin Zhi came back with Li Qiao. After 50,000 troops stationed in the border town, the autumn harvest came to an end. Although Li Qiao was still busy, he didn't come back late at night like he did some time ago.
At the dinner table, Li Qiao and Xin Zhi drank two glasses of wine.
Because Xin Zhi is also a little depressed.
Sheng Hong's reward and punishment this time sent a clear signal. If you want to be promoted, you have to go somewhere and do practical things.
Otherwise, just staying in the Hanlin Academy and hoping to get promoted is a fool's errand.
However, he would be reluctant to leave Beijing.
He was born in Shengjing and grew up in Shengjing, and his young husband An An's family is also in Shengjing. It is too painful to be away from relatives and friends.
But, he actually wanted to do something for the prosperity of the country and the people, otherwise wouldn't all those years of reading be in vain? He was not willing to waste his time in the Hanlin Academy.
So he is now in a dilemma.
He wanted to be a local official, but he didn't have the courage.
He was unwilling to stay in the Hanlin Academy.
Feeling depressed, he drank to drown his sorrows.
However, Li's wine was basically rice wine, and he didn't want to get so drunk that the smell of alcohol would suffocate An An, so he drank a small jar of rice wine alone.
Li Qiao couldn't relieve Xin Zhi's depression.
His character is not to interfere in the promotion and promotion of officials.
He could only drink two drinks with Xin Zhi and talk about other things to divert Xin Zhi's attention.
After dinner, Li Yu'an took two boxes of today's newly made desserts and went home with Xin Zhi. After Li Qiao saw off their young couple, he went directly back to the main room with Tao Zhu.
Li Xiaorui, Li Changfeng, and Li Yunfan are sitting on the kang and looking at the topographic map of Sanliu Village. The three of them will definitely go to Sanliu Village for a visit in the future. Now, getting them a topographic map of Sanliu Village can be regarded as a relief. They got to know their hometown in advance.
The terrain map was very large, more than two meters long and wide. The three little guys worked hard on it. Li Qiao hugged Tao Zhu and sat down in front of Tao Zhu's small desk.
Today, Tao Zhu received a letter from Royal Logistics. Li Liang and Li Ershan took a detour on the way back to Shengjing. They went back to Pingcheng first, and then to Weiqing County, waiting for them to return to Beijing. , it’s winter.
Today's letter is sent from Pingcheng.
Li Liang and Li Ershan are in Pingcheng at the moment.
The letter is very long, written in the tone of Li Liang. Li Liang stayed in Shengjing in the twelfth year of Shengping. Now it is the fifteenth year of Shengping. He returned to the village after three years. He was so excited that he couldn't help but worry about everything. I want to say a few words.
After returning to the village, I first went to worship Li's father and Li's mother, and then wandered around the village.
Nowadays, every household in the village is a newly built blue brick house with large tiles. After the advent of cement, the villagers also plastered the base of the wall with cement to prevent the base of the wall from being eroded by rainwater.
Li Qiao and Tao Zhu's happy hometown has withstood years of wind and rain, and the walls have been somewhat eroded. After being plastered with cement, they are much better. But this house has been in the house for ten years, and Li Qiao Tao Zhu was not sure when he would go back, so Li Liang thought about whether to plaster all the walls with cement inside and out.
There was also the royal pen plaque hanging at the gate. Although it was wiped every day, it had been hanging outside in the sun all day and had become a little discolored, which made him feel quite distressed.
He wanted to widen the eaves of the gate so that the rain and scorching sun could not reach the plaque, but he was afraid that such a widening would affect the majesty of the imperial pen plaque and the public viewing.
You must know that even though this plaque appeared ten years ago, it is still the most famous attraction in Pingcheng. When outsiders come to Pingcheng, a must-see attraction is the imperial-style plaque on the gate of Li's family.
There are also sweet potato workshops in Sanliu Village and Zhujia Village that have already started construction. The Holy Spirit has previously mobilized local garrisons from several surrounding prefectures to transport sweet potatoes. The villagers do not need to pay transportation fees and only need to pay for the sweet potatoes.
And sweet potatoes are not expensive, only two cents a pound.
With the sweet potatoes shipped from other places, the sweet potato workshops in the county, Sanliu Village, and Zhujia Village are operating normally.
As for the sweet potatoes replanted in the villagers' fields, he went to dig up a few sweet potatoes in his own field and looked at them. The sweet potatoes at the moment were only as thick as two fingers, and it was still some time before they were harvested.
The villagers were also very excited to see him. After leaving work in the sweet potato workshop, they ran to Li's house and surrounded him asking questions.
The one who everyone is most curious about is Li Qiao, the golden treasure of Sanliu Village.
So he held meetings at home every day, giving the villagers the life of Li Qiao and his family, as well as the prosperity of Shengjing.
Of course, he was quite happy to listen to people tell how everyone caught locusts when the locust plague came, but it was a pity that he was not there at the time, otherwise, he would never lose to any strong laborers. The hateful locusts made him angry to death.
In addition, next year the Grand Canal will be opened to navigation and the wharf in Weiqing County will be put into use. He asked the villagers to seriously consider who is willing to develop there.
If you want to sign up, you have to go to Weiqing County next spring.
In addition to the affairs in Sanliu Village, Li Liang also went to Dahe Village, which is the home of Li Ershan's uncle and Wang Guihua's natal family. Now their family has settled in Shengjing. Wang Guihua misses her parents, so he has to visit look.
Of course, Butcher Zheng misses Zheng Qianqian very much and plans to come to Shengjing again this year...
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There were tens of thousands of words, and it took Li Qiao a long time to finish.
"At the rate brother is going, I'm afraid I'll have to return to Beijing in the coldest month." Li Qiao put the letter in his hand back on the table with some worry in his tone.
Li Liang is also planning to take the specialties given by others and rush to Weiqing County slowly. Even if the road is now cemented, it will take a lot of time.
"With the protection of the bodyguards of Royal Logistics, he should be fine. He has always been worried about his family. When he goes back this time, he is not allowed to question him one by one."
Tao Zhu said and held Li Qiao's big hand on the table: "It's just hard work. Ershan and Ershan are still in the honeymoon period. As a result, Ershan went away for more than half a year after seeing off his bride."
"There is no way, Ershan has to listen to his father."
Li Qiao couldn't help but smile.
Since setting foot on Lier Mountain and heading south, Fan Yuanyuan has become obviously bored and doesn't like to go out to explore delicious food. Apart from going to Shantang Academy and occasionally going home, she spends the rest of her time at home helping Zheng Qianqian and Zheng Qianqian. Li Xia takes care of her baby.
"My eldest brother sent me a letter before I left Beihu Province, saying that I was going back to my hometown. After reading the letter, Yuanyuan was a little unhappy. But now that someone from the Fan family is an official, she is in a good mood and is happy all day long. Cheerfully."
Tao Zhu said while playing with Li Qiao's slender fingers.
During this locust plague, the Fan family put in a lot of effort, not only donating food from their own granary, but also setting up generous bonuses out of their own pockets.
Sheng Hong took note of the Fan family's performance and directly promoted Fan Yuanyuan's eldest brother Fan Tuantuan from a scholar to the person in charge of managing the affairs of Dasheng Coal Mine.
This person in charge belongs to the Ministry of Industry and is a seventh-grade official.
This was a big surprise to the Fan family.
Dasheng could not donate money to become an official. If ordinary people wanted to be an official, they would have to take the imperial examination.
Even if a genius like Li Qiao, who made all the people in the government rich, had to pass the imperial examination honestly.
Although some people in the Fan family are studying, the one with the best academic performance is Fan Tuantuan.
Fan Tuantuan was admitted to the scholar examination a few years ago, but failed the examination twice in the past few years. Fan's family no longer had any expectations for him.
He is still a scholar in his thirties, and his future is really not very bright.
But I never expected that this time Sheng Hong would directly confer an official to the scholar, and he was still in the seventh rank! And the scope of management can just cover the Fan family.
Of course, the Fan family does not intend to bully others, but if they have an official in charge of coal, they will definitely not be bullied in the future.
Crossing the class + worry-free business, Fan Buzao was so happy that he couldn't sleep for several days. When he brought Fan Tuantuan to Li's house to ask Li Qiao for advice, he couldn't close his mouth.
Fan Yuanyuan was also very happy. Even though she was tortured by missing her every day, when she thought that someone in her family was an official, her mood suddenly improved.
Li Qiao heard Tao Zhu's words and thought of the honest and honest Fan Tuantuan who had gone to work in the Ministry of Industry. He held Tao Zhu's hand and told Tao Zhu about Xin Zhi's troubles.
In order to set an example for officials all over the world, Sheng Hong even did such things as appointing officials to scholars.
If you look into this matter carefully, it is actually selling your official position and getting a title.
The Fan family first paid money and then got official positions. What is this but selling an official position and getting a title?
But he couldn't say this openly, he could only mutter a few words quietly in his heart.
However, he supported Sheng Hong in doing so.
If Dasheng's businessmen want to achieve a class leap like the Fan family in the future, they will have to be more proactive when encountering natural disasters.
In the next decade or so, natural disasters will continue throughout Dasheng. As long as you are determined, there will be plenty of opportunities to become an official.
