Chinese dining table

Chapter 1270 From now on, only care about food, clothing, housing and transportation
Yun Jin and Li Si returned just before dinner.

As soon as they sat down at the table, before they had even had time to take a sip of the soup, Li Si told Yun Chu a big secret.

The queen went to Jiucheng Palace in person but did not meet the emperor.

Yun Chu paused as he was pouring soup, then continued to pour another bowl of soup for Yu Xiurong, and then continued to drink the bowl of soup that Yu Xiurong had just poured for him.

The longer a couple spends together, the more they need to take care of each other's emotions. They should not forget to care about each other just because they are too close.

Yu Xiurong has been filling soup bowls for Yun Chu all her life. During this period, Yun Chu would also fill a bowl for Yu Xiurong from time to time. No one's love and care can be taken for granted, and there must always be something in return.

Li Zhi was a true emperor. He always felt that as an emperor, he had to take care of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, others should care about him more, whether they were the queen, the prince, or the ministers. Even the people of the world should respect and love him.

And it is natural to respect and love him.

Even so, he was still not satisfied and would use various means to test whether the world's respect and love for him were genuine.

The worst thing is that every time he tests others, he hits their soft spot. Just ask yourself, who can withstand such a test from him?

Yun Chu has always believed that people cannot withstand repeated temptations. Someone who can forget his own interests for the emperor is already a rare confidant. It is inhumane to repeatedly sacrifice one's own interests and love the emperor wholeheartedly.

There is no such person in the world.

No one will hurt himself again and again for the benefit of others, even if that person is the emperor.

In fact, the people who can truly be merciful and kind-hearted are young people. The people who truly have a kind heart and a compassionate heart are also young people.

They will give everything for love, sacrifice their lives for their ideals, and help with everything they have for something that has nothing to do with them.

When people get old, it’s no longer possible.

The old people have hard hearts. Perhaps it is because they have lived long enough and gave so much kindness to the world in their youth. After not receiving enough in return, they feel that they were so stupid when they were young and wish they could turn back the clock and go back to the past to chop their younger selves a few times.

They seem to have forgotten that when they were young, they did so many good things without actually thinking about getting anything in return. They just wanted to make themselves feel better in their hearts and in their bodies.

Therefore, the saying that an old man who does not die is a thief is very reasonable.

Yun Chu served some more dishes to Yu Xiurong. Seeing that his son and daughter-in-law were looking at him strangely, he decided to be more generous and served some dishes to his son, daughter, and daughters-in-law as well, trying his best to make himself look like a kind and loving head of the family.

Yun Jin looked at the lettuce in his bowl. He hated it the most. He always felt that it smelled like crushed Sister Hua. However, this was what Aye put in his bowl, so he held his breath and ate it in one bite. Then he said, "His Majesty summoned me to Jiucheng Palace to serve as his secretary."

Yun Chu smiled and said, "It seems that His Majesty has killed all the people in the Secretariat who could serve as secretaries."

Li Si nodded repeatedly and said, "Four were killed, one of whom actually submitted the Queen's memorial to my father after he clearly said that he would not see it.

No one expected that person to do such a heinous thing."

Yun Luan swallowed a mouthful of rice and said, "Doesn't that mean we have to kill people from one acre of land at a time?"

Li Si looked at his brother-in-law and said, "There are people who don't have an acre of land, only a few mu of land, and nine of them died."

Yun Jin raised his head and asked, "Why is the Queen forcing the Emperor so hard? What is she relying on?"

Yun Jin said: "Hebei, the land of Shandong."

Li Si sneered and said, "We were already doing well in Hebei and Shandong, but my father ordered us to withdraw from Hebei and Shandong. I don't know if those cooperatives are still there."

Yun Jin sighed and said, "It has only become a place for a few people to make money. The rules and regulations we set have disappeared. I always thought that with those systems, the farmers were in the upper hand, and everything was in their favor. As long as they resisted, they would be able to protect their interests. As a result, after a few people died, they dared not resist.

In the end, a good supply chain became a good tool for the nobles to exploit and make money. Nowadays, those farmers who participated in the cooperative say that we set a trap for them in the first place, causing them to become livestock in captivity.

They also said that if they had not listened to our instigation, they would have been able to cultivate their own land properly. "

Li Si said angrily: "They didn't resist themselves, but instead threw a few people who had the courage to resist out to resist the thunder. People like this deserve to be oppressed and will never have a good life.

They were afraid at the beginning, they became crazy after tasting the sweetness, they retreated after encountering resistance, and they surrendered after being hurt. Aye said that they were just a group of rabble, but I didn't believe it at that time.

I always feel that their laughter at that time was joyful, their confidence was firm, and with the blessing of benefits, it was impossible for them to live worse than before.

The result is this?"

Yun Chu smiled and said, "This is the consequence of having no organization. His Majesty saw it right at the beginning. He issued an order for you to withdraw from Shandong and Hebei. Once you withdrew, the Queen followed suit. Using the Queen's methods to deal with a group of disorganized people, it is not surprising that the result is what it is now."

Li Si put down his chopsticks angrily and said, "Aye, I want to return to Shandong and Hebei!"

Yun Chu asked in surprise: "You want to reorganize them?"

Li Si said: "Yes."

Yun Chu shook his head and said, "It's impossible. The people who were willing to follow you before now want to eat your flesh and drink your blood. If you go again, they will hate you more than those who oppressed them.

Stay at home and take advantage of the good times these past two years when the Yun family is standing by and watching, and have more children. "

Li Si looked down at her belly, then at Yun Jin, and then pinched Yun Jin's thigh. Yun Jin remained calm, but her hand holding the bowl of rice trembled a little.

After dinner, the Yun family went about doing what they were supposed to do.

Yun Chu took Yin Erhu and rode a black horse to the Wannian County Government to report for duty.

Yun Jin prepared two fast horses and planned to ride to Jiucheng Palace in one day to serve as the emperor's secretary, otherwise the emperor would probably uproot the secretary office.

Li Si didn't want to go back to the princess's mansion, so she went into the east yard and continued to tinker with her insects.

Yunjin's Caiyun Tower is now considered one of the biggest businesses in Chang'an. As the boss, she needs to be there to take charge and spend some time alone with Li Chengxiu.

Yun Luan naturally carried her backpack and went to the second workshop. It was now as lively as a market. The chief secretary of Princess Taiping's mansion could bring a hundred people into the second workshop and visit the artillery workshop at will. The strict guards of the past had now become a big joke.

This is good. People in the city can go out freely, and people outside the city can come in freely, just like the many satellite cities in Chang'an.

Yun Chu usually didn't like to take a carriage to work. He always liked to ride a horse so that he could see every subtle change in Chang'an City with his own eyes.

Although Chang'an has experienced so many things over the years, changes have never stopped. Some dilapidated buildings are gradually disappearing, replaced by some clean and solid stone houses. Some dark corners are gradually cleared out and turned into places to park carriages. Even some osmanthus trees planted that year had already bloomed last year. Once they bloomed, the whole city was filled with the rich fragrance of osmanthus.

The only pity is that there are too many merchants in the city, especially the tea stalls and snack stalls everywhere, making the streets of Chang'an look a bit messy.

Wu Chengsi had always wanted to drive these street vendors away from both sides of the street, saying that these people were the source of dirt and chaos in Chang'an.

These words sounded harsh, but the reality still existed. What Yun Chu could not tolerate the most was that these people would pollute the water sources on both sides of the street. Wu Chengsi said that those people would even urinate into the sewers... It was very difficult to say good things about them.

Wu Sansi tried to deal with the situation several times, but to no avail.

Chang'an is not just a city for the rich. There are also many poor families in the city. Those street vendors are busy from dawn to dusk all day long just to support their families.

If Wu Chengsi was allowed to ban or drive away those people, many families in Chang'an City would lose their source of food and clothing.

Since those people would urinate into the clean water channel, it only means one thing: there are too few public toilets in Chang'an city, and education and guidance have not kept up. It is always better to change the way of thinking to do a job than to adopt a rough one-size-fits-all approach.

Yun Chu entered a public toilet halfway, and was then blown out by the maggots and flies inside. The furious Yun Chu immediately found the bad guy and the headman who were in charge of the place, took off their pants and beat them with a stick in the street, making the two men scream in pain. Afterwards, he asked them to clean up the filthy public toilet themselves.

After returning to the Wannian County government office, Yun Chu convened a meeting, focusing on the cleanliness and sanitation of the many public toilets in Chang'an City.

Lu Zhaolin took on this arduous task. He signed a military order, and was prepared to use 20 working days to ensure that all public toilets in Chang'an City would not leak out their contents and would not spread odors. They must also be disinfected three times a day with lime.

Yun Chu was very satisfied with this.

Since the Wannian County government is ready to sit on the sidelines and watch, the court affairs will be left to the bigwigs to handle, and Wannian County only needs to focus on people's livelihood issues.

The brothers Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi sat in the meeting room like two wooden men. No matter what Yun Chu said in the meeting, they just agreed casually without expressing any different opinions.

When Yun Chu returned to the government residence with a dry mouth, Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi had already prepared a pot of tea for Yun Chu. Even the fried cakes for drinking tea were baked crispy. This time, Yun Chu was the only one drinking tea, and the brothers stood respectfully beside him.

"My Lord, help me—"

Yun Chu glanced at the Wu brothers kneeling at his feet and said, "Why, Hechun, the Grand Commander of the Hundred Cavalry Division, refuses to give you brothers face?"

Wu Chengsi said bitterly: "We can't even get through the gate."

Wu Sansi also said dejectedly: "There are rumors outside that my brothers sent a petition to the Hundred Cavalry Division, which is why the literati were arrested by the Hundred Cavalry Division."

Yun Chu sighed and said, "The Queen can't even enter the gate of Jiucheng Palace."

Wu Chengsi trembled and said, "Your Majesty wants us brothers to die."

Yun Chu said: "You have forgotten that you and your brothers are where you are today, firstly because you are the queen's nephews, and secondly, because you and your brothers have made outstanding contributions over the years.

Now, the first and the second are in conflict, and it is time for you brothers to make a choice anyway."

Wu Chengsi shook his head firmly and said, "We brothers will not betray the queen."

Yun Chu said: "You want everything, but you get nothing."

Wu Chengsi laughed bitterly and said, "The Queen is the foundation of our brothers. If we betray her, we will die without a burial place. Now, I only ask you to show us a way to survive."