Why are there no saints in the world?
Because the sage always has no intention.
A saint will not use his own emotions to decide likes and dislikes, or judge right and wrong.
No matter how powerful Zhang Xingcai is, she is far from reaching the realm of a saint, because she has always had her own likes and dislikes.
Having likes and dislikes means there will be flaws and shortcomings.
Her early experiences made Empress Zhang extremely fond of her hard-won son.
It can be said that you are afraid of melting it when you hold it in your mouth, and you are afraid of falling when you hold it in your hand.
I don't want the prince to get hurt at all.
Faced with the Queen's repeated attempts to marry the Feng family daughter on behalf of the Prince, Mrs. Right finally couldn't help but expose a fact that Queen Zhang didn't want to face.
"When it comes to the difficulty of getting a child, can my sister be compared with the Prime Minister's wife? When Zhuge Zhan first met Feng's daughter, he was beaten."
"The Prime Minister is unrivaled in intelligence, but in the eyes of Feng's daughter, his son is nothing more than mediocre."
"How do you plan to educate the prince and make Feng's daughter surrender to the prince?"
Huang Yueying can also be regarded as a strange woman of a generation.
Over the years, Zhuge Zhan has been basically led by her.
But in Madam You's eyes, the fourteen-year-old Zhuge Zhan was already somewhat spoiled.
This son was not born in a deep palace, but he was indeed born in a woman's hands - the prime minister's wife had a son in middle age, far more so than the queen.
In the last few years of the prime minister's life, he wanted to return the old capital and did not even have enough time to deal with government and military affairs, so he naturally neglected to discipline Zhuge Zhan.
The eldest brother Zhuge Qiao has been staying in Nanzhong and is not in the mansion. He also has no way to take care of his younger brother on his father's behalf.
The consequence is that Zhuge Zhan's mind and ability are far from matching his age and status.
Zhuge Zhan has been studying in Feng Mansion for some time, and Madam You is also familiar with him.
Many times, Mrs. You always felt that Zhuge Zhan was too indecisive, unable to make clear judgments, and delayed making decisions for a long time, which could be described as confused.
As the saying goes, "Those who are slow-minded but unable to achieve anything, those who are soft-hearted but indecisive, and those who are undecided about likes and dislikes but have no determination will perish."
If Zhuge Zhan had this kind of character, the most he could do would be to destroy his entire family.
But if it is placed on the prince, it may lead to the destruction of a country.
Although it is said that one can die, it is not necessarily said that one will perish.
But the prince will be the leader of a country in the future, and the danger of country subjugation must be guarded against.
If you know the danger but don't take precautions, the country will be in chaos.
It was precisely because of this concern that Mrs. Right took the risk to remind the queen of this.
Moreover, given Alang's status and background - whether he is a teacher or a court official - if the prince is really unlucky enough to be loved, how can he safely marry his daughter into the palace?
If it had been anyone else, the identity of the prince might still have worked.
But in the eyes of the descendants of the descendants of the mountain sect, he is really qualified and does not care about the identity of the prince.
The Queen's focus was not on this, but she frowned slightly:
"Feng's daughter beat Zhuge Zhan?"
When Mrs. Right saw her sister like this, she knew that she seemed not to have heard the point of what she wanted to say, and sighed:
"Sister, after all, Feng Ying was born to a tiger girl from the Guan family, and she grew up in a family like the Feng family. Do you think she can be an ordinary noblewoman?"
The queen looked at Madam Right with some suspicion:
"But how did I hear that the Feng family's daughter has always been gentle and polite, and she knows etiquette at a young age?"
The right lady chuckled:
"My Alang is also very cruel and ruthless with his clever words! Does it prevent him from becoming the pillar of a great man?"
Gentleness is for outsiders to see, and that is when people are willing to be gentle - if you don't believe me, bring Ah Chong in front of her to see?
There is nothing wrong with knowing the etiquette, but that is only if the person is willing to follow the etiquette - if you don’t believe me, bring Ah Chong in front of her and see?
"As the saying goes, armed with sharp weapons, murderous intentions arise naturally. As both of them grow older, women's etiquette will naturally be indispensable, but they have never said that they should give up their martial arts."
If you can make sense, try to make sense. If you can't make sense, then use physics.
Turning in and out like the wind, advancing and retreating freely.
After all, who doesn’t know that Feng Mansion’s knowledge is unfathomable?
Just like Feng Mansion.
The left and right ladies are both civil and military, and can talk about both reason and physics.
Therefore, the notorious Feng Guiwang always only talks about reason when it comes to his own wives and concubines - clever words and tricks will eventually be useful.
If the prince really marries Feng's daughter, and he can't control her, then he will be able to reason with him if he wants to, and he will talk with physics if he wants to.
Based on the queen's doting on the prince, should she interfere in the affairs between the prince and his wife?
If you really want to take care of it, how do you plan to take care of it?
What does Feng Mansion think?
The Queen finally fell silent after hearing Madam Right's words.
After a long time, he said:
"That's why Feng Mingwen said that he would let his daughter choose the person she likes?"
Seeing my sister like this, Mrs. Right nodded quickly and said:
"If a woman really likes someone, no matter how powerful she is, her attitude will be different after all. My sister knows this best."
The first half of the sentence makes some sense, but...
"What do I know best?"
The queen immediately became angry again, "What do you mean?"
"Okay, okay," Mrs. Right said with a smile, "Just like the tiger girl of the Guan family, okay?"
Queen Zhang glanced at Mrs. Right, but said nothing.
I don’t know if I am weighing the pros and cons, or if I really listened to Madam Right’s reminder.
In June of the third year of Yanxi, various places began to collect summer grain and put it into storage.
For the first time in so many years, Shudi and Liangzhou have seen a year-on-year decline in grain output due to a reduction in cultivated land.
However, the output has not been reduced much and the impact is not significant.
Because the southern part of Shu has begun to promote double-cropping rice in the past two years, it has offset part of the reduction in production.
However, the emperor of the Han Dynasty pitied his people for their misfortunes and ordered a reduction in taxes for the first half of the year.
This move was greatly praised by the officials and the people, who praised Adou as a wise king.
Especially in Shu, many people said that His Majesty will never forget the folks who were the founding land of Ji Han!
It just so happens that we can sell more to Wu Guo this year. Do you think you can give it a compliment?
It's just that after three years of rectification in Guanzhong and other places, people's livelihood has begun to recover.
The overall taxes collected by the imperial court, instead of decreasing, actually increased.
Compared with Ji Han's calm situation, Wu Di was wailing.
To the south of the Yangtze River, most people grow millet and rice, but also some grow bean sprouts, and rarely wheat. In other words, there is very little summer grain in the land south of the Yangtze River.
Whether it is millet, rice, or bean sprouts, most of them start in April, and are harvested in August at the earliest and October at the latest.
(Note: During the Three Kingdoms era, double-cropping rice had not yet spread, so rice in the south of the Yangtze River could only be harvested in one season, while the Central Plains could harvest wheat in the summer and millet in the autumn. This was also the reason why the north was relatively developed in ancient times.)
But now, from Jingzhou to Jiangdong, you can see acres and acres of fertile farmland in the past. It was not because of the drought that the seeds could not be sown in time, leading to waste.
Even the crops that were forcibly sown grew short due to lack of water and could not grow fruit at all.
He continued to sow precious grains, but in the end he got this result.
Many farmers squatted in the fields, looking at crops that were half smaller than in previous years. In the end, they could not help holding their heads and crying.
Zhuge Jin, who was guarding Nanyang County, knew that the situation was urgent, so he quickly went to Wuchang and suggested to Lu Xun, the pastor of Jingzhou:
"The grain harvest in Jingzhou has become a fact. It will be difficult for the people to feed themselves this year. I would like to ask the general to petition Your Majesty to waive taxes in Jingzhou and find ways to provide disaster relief."
Unexpectedly, when Lu Xun heard this, he sighed:
"How could I not know what Ziyu said? Before that, I had already written to Your Majesty to explain the situation in Jingzhou this year."
"It's just that Your Majesty has not responded. It's difficult for Your Majesty. As far as I know, there is insufficient food in Wu in both Jingzhou and Jiangdong this year."
"Nowadays, let alone disaster relief, it is already rare to be exempted from taxes."
"What worries me most is that taxes will still be collected based on the share of previous years."
When Zhuge Jin heard what Lu Xun said, he was immediately frightened:
“Wouldn’t this lead to a popular uprising?”
"Even in normal times, the state's supply is still insufficient. What can we do?"
General Shang, who nominally controls half of the country of Wu, knows Wu's financial situation far better than anyone else.
If not, why did Da Wu mint large amounts of money every year in these years?
Lu Xun looked at Zhuge Jin and continued:
"Tzuyu, you are from Jingzhou, and the Zhuge family is considered one of the big families in Jingzhou. This year's matter in Jingzhou still requires your efforts."
Zhuge Jin remained silent.
He understood that General Shang's words were nothing more than asking him to persuade the Jingzhou family to spend more money and food to help tide them over this time.
It's just that in these years, His Majesty has allowed the general to command the west of Wuchang.
But Jingzhou was actually controlled by Zhuge Jin.
Especially in the past few years, after Sun Quan began to alienate Lu Xun, he consciously deprived Lu Xun of some rights in the west.
Compared with Lu Xun, Zhuge Jin and Sun Quan had been working together for many years, and their kindness was as good as flesh and blood, and they had an oath of life and death.
Moreover, Zhuge Jin was virtuous and benevolent, making it easier for Sun Quan to trust him.
The most important thing is that Zhuge Jin's identity can better appease the Jingzhou family.
But which aristocratic family in the world only has the principle of giving freely without asking for anything?
Jingzhou has always been relatively stable under Da Wu's rule.
The Jingzhou family has contributed a lot.
But on the other hand, they also want something.
Just like General Shang, who was born in one of the four surnames in Wu County, can he ask every family in Wu County to donate money and food to the court at this time?
You are loyal to the emperor, you are patriotic, and you must be valued by His Majesty. It is actually very simple to get your parents and fellow villagers to support you.
At least I can bring some benefits back to my hometown.
Whether it is to support the villagers, provide some policies, or even find some ways, etc.
There is going and coming, and that is called friendship.
If you really want to force others to give for free like you, even fellow villagers will think of expelling you from your hometown.
What is the Jingzhou Family’s biggest request now?
brown sugar.
The share of brown sugar exchanged for jaggery.
Share of brown sugar in exchange for jaggery made from sugar cane.
There are also various materials transferred from Shu.
No matter how high the price of food is, it cannot be higher than the price of various good things from Shu.
Besides, no matter how high the price of grain is, what you get back after selling it is a lot of iron money - who likes a lot of iron money that is not as good as every year?
It would be better to exchange notes with Ji Han for supplies.
Supplies, especially those from Shu Han, are Jingzhou’s hard currency.
Therefore, even if Zhuge Jin was a general, he would not dare to stop the folks in Jingzhou from buying and selling supplies from Shu.
If not, cutting off someone's financial path is like killing one's parents.
When the time comes, this family will pay less money and that family will receive less food. What will the soldiers in Jingzhou eat? what to wear?
Can those farms survive alone?
Besides, there's no telling whether the military leaders who own the farms will stab them in the back.
Thinking of this, Zhuge Jin couldn't help but said with some embarrassment:
"General, every family in Jingzhou, no matter how determined they are to contribute to the country, will not be able to come up with so much food."
Lu Xun was originally from a wealthy family, so how could he not know the virtues of a large family?
It's just that he himself is the representative of the Jiangdong family, so how can he have any position to speak against others?
"I also know Tzuyu's difficulties. I just try my best and pay them as much as I can."
Zhuge Jin nodded and agreed.
The situation was urgent, and Zhuge Jin did not dare to stay in Wuchang longer. After knowing that there would be no news from the court for the time being, he quickly returned to Nanyang.
Summer has just begun, and most people may still have some basic food in their homes.
Barely able to survive.
But Jiangnan is not as good as the Central Plains and Shu.
Not much summer grain can be harvested, and the harvest mainly depends on autumn grain. The northern part of Jingzhou, which can seriously harvest summer grain, still belongs to the Wei State.
This is why there is a severe drought in the whole world, but the country of Wu is the most seriously injured.
In the current situation, even if the autumn grain is reduced by half, it is considered good.
If there is really a shortage of half of the food, it will not just be as simple as doubling the price of food, but it will increase until half of the people starve to death.
Zhuge Jin returned to Jingzhou and quickly summoned the talkers from various big families:
"Gentlemen, it has become a fact that Jingzhou's grain harvest is poor this year. Whether Jingzhou can survive this crisis depends on you."
Everyone looked at each other, but did not speak immediately.
When Zhuge Jin saw it, his heart sank.
What does it mean?
Could it be that my face is already so difficult to use?
Seeing the always elegant Zhuge Ziyu looking unhappy, someone finally said carefully:
"Don't you know that the general doesn't know it yet?"
"What do you know?"
"The school office has already informed us and asked us to pay to buy food from Yong'an. At this time, it is impossible to say that the food has already left Yong'an."
When Zhuge Jin heard this, he was immediately shocked:
"When did this happen? Why didn't I know?"
"Three months ago, we made an appointment with the school affairs office. The general has never interfered with matters in the west, so naturally we didn't dare to mention it to the general."
In fact, in order to monopolize the credit, the school affairs office did ask Jingzhou families not to mention it to Zhuge Jin and others easily.
Besides, when Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Ji Han Dynasty, was still alive, in order to avoid suspicion, Zhuge Jin's letters would either talk about official state affairs or private matters at home.
As for a family that sent a caravan to the Han Kingdom and wanted to get convenience from him, that was a no-brainer.
In the early years, the school affairs office went too far, and the senior general and others reported to His Majesty one after another to accuse the school affairs office of its faults.
Only Zhuge Jin, Bu Zhi, Zhu Ran, Lu Dai and others remained silent, obviously not wanting to conflict with the school affairs office.
Now this matter is led by the school affairs office.
Even if the general really knows, what can he do?
Could it be that he will get involved in it uncharacteristically?
So it makes no difference whether you say it or not.
Sure enough, Zhuge Jin stopped talking when he heard that it was related to the school affairs office.
Just asked:
"Sichuan, does it really have food to help Jingzhou?"
Everyone laughed and said:
"General, why should you worry? We have already sent people to check it. If nothing else, I heard that in Jiangzhou alone, two crops of rice can be grown in one year."
"Their rice has now set ears and will be ready for harvest in more than a month."
Zhuge Jin had a look of horror on his face when he heard this:
"Growing two crops of rice a year? Is the farming technique of the Han country so amazing?"
If that were the case, wouldn't it be possible to double the rice production in the south of Shu?
"It is rumored that Zhang Boqi (also known as Zhang Ni), the governor of Jiangzhou, used to be a subordinate of Feng Duhu. When he was guarding Jiangzhou, he received fine seeds from Feng Duhu. I don't know whether it is true or not..."
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