There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Chapter 349 Harem promotion.

Ministerial Office

The chief envoy had just sent him away, and sat on a chair for a while. He had worked so hard for most of his life, but in the end he was pecked by wild geese, thinking that he had climbed a tall branch last time, but it turned out that this was really a "county magistrate" It's better to manage now" Ah!

After years of hard work, the word "ping" in Jingcha made all his efforts come to naught.

Now that he is on a thief ship, he can only count on Beijing... to be reliable.

At the same time, the news had spread to Beijing, and the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Li Ying, was already on his way back to Beijing. The news arrived before anyone arrived.

He went this time, overcoming obstacles all the way, and he didn't show affection at all. He was praised and praised in Beijing, but the emperor was optimistic about him, so no one could touch him.

Jingzhong

Bo Zhen and the others were terrified when they learned that Songjiang Mansion had been cleaned up.

"Tell me, does the emperor...know?" Although Bai Zhen was presumptuous, as a Jin Yiwei, the first thing he was afraid of was the emperor.

Dare to act presumptuously with the emperor because he has a grandson of the emperor's eldest son.

"Don't scare yourself." Wan'an comforted him: "Songjiang Mansion is just one of the many heads of the surnamed Li who have been beheaded along the way. In addition, he went to pay homage to the Sea God, and Songjiang Mansion also has imperial decree tax exemption. What are you doing for money? Isn’t this courting death!”

Wan An was lucky recently, and his relationship with the emperor was repaired "for a while, and he was promoted again, although he was still in the Ministry of Rites.

What does the Ministry of Rites mainly do?It is the official system clearing department, in charge of ceremonies, military ceremonies, management of academic affairs, and imperial examination affairs; The official department is in charge of the affairs of the feast, the feast and the animal prison.

Unfortunately for Wan An, after he was promoted, he was also transferred to a department, which was still a department with little luxuries, and he was promoted to a fifth-rank official position by the temple priest Qinglisi Langzhong.

It's just that the priest is in charge, and there is no place for oil and water, because the things needed by the sacrifice are all customized, and there is no place to search for.

That's why Wan An pulled the tiger's skin to pull the banner outside, searching for money, and using it to build momentum for the eldest son of the emperor.

Of course, Bai Zhen also thought of this point. Although he is still the general banner, because he is a guard in Jinyi, he is well-informed and the speed of information transmission is also faster.

"Really?" Bai Zhen was dubious.

On the contrary, Liu Xu felt that Wan An was right: "It's just that he was implicated, this time the side of the waterway is indeed too shameful."

Liu Xu is still a person with a great sense of justice. When his own interests are not involved, he still pays close attention to the court situation, but...he is quiet now, and can only wait for the opportunity to soar into the sky.

Palace

Bai Xiang'er looked at the sickly eldest son of the emperor with hatred in her eyes, but when she thought about the identity of this child, she could bear the hatred: "Take good care of the eldest son of the emperor. If there is anything wrong with your highness, I will want your life

"Yes." The palace people all lowered their heads and answered yes, but Bai Xiang'er didn't know what was going on in her heart.

Wan Zhen'er was beaming with happiness. Two daughters, one son, plus her husband, the family of five was happy together.

Especially when Emperor Xianzong held his second son.

The eldest son of the emperor is not in good health, and every time he goes to see him, he feels very depressed, so every time he sees the eldest son of the emperor, he must come to see the second son of the emperor.

The second son may not look as big as the eldest son, but the second son is very healthy, and his small arms and legs are so strong that most people can't hug him.

"Father, father!" The second son of the emperor ran on the ground, handing a very simple embroidered purse to Emperor Xianzong: "Eldest sister made it.

Wan Zhen'er is teaching the eldest daughter how to sew, and the eldest princess gave the first sewing result to her father.

looks great! "Emperor Xianzong touched his purse and smiled and narrowed his eyes.

The purse is actually very simple, just three leaves, two buds, and one orchid in full bloom.

Immediately asked Eunuch Wynn to change it for himself. On his waist was a delicate purse embroidered with lotus flowers made by a personal maid surnamed Ji, with a dragonfly standing on it.

Now that it is embroidered by the eldest daughter, it feels different.

"It's beautiful!" Emperor Xianzong smiled and touched his purse. Although his daughter's needlework was childish, it was a filial piety to her father.

Wan Zhen'er glanced at the purse: "Who embroidered this? What a skill!"

"It was embroidered by Yanran." Emperor Xianzong said casually, "Ji Yanran."

"The name is also good." Wan Zhen'er touched her purse, although her heart was sour, she felt that it would be nice for someone to take care of the emperor.

Now that she has a child by her side, her mind is naturally different from that of the extremely crazy Concubine Wan in history.

"Zhen'er..." Seeing Wan Zhen'er's expression, Emperor Xianzong immediately confessed: "It's just a court lady.

"My lord, you and her..." Wan Zhen'er saw the purse, what else did she not understand?

"Foot..." Emperor Xianzong was a little worried.

"Since the emperor likes it, then treat him well." Wan Zhen'er said with a smile: "It is a good thing that one more person loves the emperor."

"Zhen'er..." Emperor Xianzong stepped forward and hugged Wan Zhen'er.

This woman has been for him all his life, and he knows in his heart that no matter how young and beautiful those women are, they are just talking about novelty, and he will always love her.

Eunuch Wynn watched with relief.

Although Ji Yanran was good, she was only a court lady after all. If she could be taken care of by Concubine Wan, she would be able to survive in the harem.

Wan Zhen'er just patted Emperor Xianzong's head as usual: "In the future, I will visit those young concubines more often. Now there are only two emperors, which are still too few."

I...let me go, I will definitely go. "Emperor Xianzong nodded, but he also touched Wan Zhen'er's face.

Maybe it's really God's favor?

His Zhen'er is always so gentle, so generous, and so young.

He used to be young and ignorant, but now he has been the emperor for so many years, and he also knows the importance of dignity, so he planned to grow a beard early on. When he has a beard and stands with Zhen'er, no one will look at him There is a huge gap between their ages.

It may be that Wan Zhen'er's gentleness moved Emperor Xianzong too much.

In the winter month, Emperor Xianzong sealed off the harem.

Wan Zhen'er was the first concubine.

This made Bai Xiang'er hate it!

Concubine, Concubine!

And Bai Xianger was named Concubine Bai Xian.

The other Zhang Zhaoyi, Jieyu, Meiren, etc. were promoted to one level.

For Zhang Debin, Guan Xianbin, Yao Anbin, etc., they were promoted to one level each.

When Bo Xiang'er learned that the Guan family had actually named her a "virtuous concubine", her "virtuous concubine" was like a joke, and she hated her even more.

But then, at the time of Jiayin in the winter moon, Emperor Xianzong made a major event. He established the eldest son Zhu Youji as the crown prince and pardoned the world

The news quickly spread all over the world. Because of the amnesty, those people in Shanghai County who were arrested by Wu Youwei for "reform through labor" had to be released.

"It's God's grace for you to release and return home, but you must be honest for the people in the future, and you must not commit any crimes again, otherwise, you will be arrested and reformed through labor!" Wu Youwei looked at the dozen or so people in front of him. In reform through labor, they have become much more honest.

"Thank you, sir!" More than a dozen people kowtowed to Wu Youwei honestly, and Wu Youwei accepted it calmly.

When they woke up, the people around Wu Youwei gave each of them a pocket: "Here are five catties of rice, ten catties of cornmeal, two taels of silver, and a bag of salt. Go back and live a good life. These are the wages that the master gave you." .

Compared to the lucrative wages and rewards that those workers received, they are nothing, but they are not here to work, but to "reform through labor". OK.

It's just that Wu Youwei didn't think so, he looked at those dumbfounded people: "Go back and don't make any more mistakes, or the next time you come, there won't be such a good thing, so go back, the village chief and his own officials have told you After that, you will make another mistake again, strictly

No punishment! "

"Hey, hey!" Those who changed their minds were naturally grateful. Of course, there were also those who didn't think so. Of course it's good to get benefits. Let's talk about it after a while.

Zhu also returned to his home honestly.

The good news was also posted on the horoscope wall of the county government office. The emperor appointed a prince, and there will be successors in the court. Of course, everyone should be happy.

But at the end of Dongyue, the Jing and Xiang thieves were leveled, the imperial army returned in triumph, and more than 140 million local refugees resumed their jobs.

At the same time, a kind of "white sugar" spread from the coastal areas, crystal clear as jade, white as snow, sweet as nectar.

One stone and one hundred taels of silver is much more expensive than salt, but it's really... so sweet!

Wu Youwei looked at the five carts of white sugar sent by Zhang Lun in front of him, dumbfounded: "This white sugar has been talked about for several years, why did it come out?"

"Actually, we have already researched it, but we need too much sugarcane, plus this thing is like salt. According to your request, the emperor has planned for a long time. Now the sugar and salt are all in the hands of the court. "Wantong said with a smile: "The emperor can't wait for a long time."

Who would think too much money?

Especially the emperors of Ming Dynasty are very poor!

White sugar is a good thing, so Wu Youwei put it together with salt, and put it in a government-run store for sale. Although a spoonful is only two copper coins, but the accumulation of a small amount makes a lot, and the accumulation of sand makes a tower. This thing is cheap but can be sold Get a good price.

After the sugar was settled, Wu Youwei asked Wantong: "How is the arsenal?"

"What you said has already been produced, and that grenadier is really useful!" Wantong was very happy when he mentioned it: "It is also waterproof, but the cost is a bit higher.

"It doesn't matter, as long as it's safe to use, it's more important than anything else." Wu Youwei didn't want Wantong and the others to use it, and the barrel suddenly exploded.

There is not much research in this area in Ming Dynasty, but Wu Youwei let Wantong build the arsenal, but it came according to the rules of later generations. When the craftsmen came, they were all sallow and emaciated, with ragged clothes, because the craftsmen had no one at that time. respect.

But here it is different. Wu Youwei told Wantong to respect the craftsmen, and to eat meat once a day, with the most fish, but there is also a lot of oil and water in it.

Followed by pork, lamb and so on.

Occasionally stewed chicken, roast goose, and roast duck are exchanged.

And give them uniforms.

Uniform dress, everyone has a special badge, without this badge, people are not allowed to enter or leave the arsenal, and their families are also arranged in the county town, next to the military camp.

In addition, the living environment in Shanghai County is indeed different from other places. The streets are clean, and there is a public toilet not far away, which is even better than Fucheng.

Magnolia trees and willow trees planted on both sides of the avenue.

In addition, the people in this place are rich and not poor, so they have enough confidence, and the commercial district opened in the south has gradually become prosperous.

Although it is not suitable for construction at this time, there are still many people going out to sea to fish, and the fresh seafood has never been cut off.

Although it was winter, there was steaming seafood hot pot to eat, and Wu Youwei brought double-cropping rice seeds from Zhang Lun, so next year they will be able to grow double-cropping rice here.

Although it is not as famous as Songjiang rice, they only need to have a full stomach, and ordinary people don't pay attention to that.

At that time in Shanghai, when the twelfth lunar month just entered, there was a burst of heavy snow. Fortunately, all households are doing a good job of keeping warm, and no one was injured or suffered from frostbite.

Everyone knew that this was due to the county magistrate, so Wu Youwei got Laba porridge from many families during Laba.

In December, the armor was garrisoned, and the comet saw it. An imperial edict was issued to blame oneself, and the ministers were ordered to repair provinces, and to regulate the gains and losses of current affairs.

Renwu, the comet enters Ziweiyuan, avoids the main hall, withdraws music, and listens to the government at the Tianmen.

At the end of the day, Zhao Shuyong returned, and the governor of Wangyue Yansui military affairs.

Because of the appearance of a comet, the matter is of great importance, and the twelfth lunar month is the solstice, and the imperial court ordered that the punishment for death crimes be reduced by more than half.

That year, Jia Silan lived in Hetao and joined Ah Luo.

An Nan Li Hao captured the city and broke it.

Ryukyu and Annan paid tribute.