Farmer’s Blessed Girl

Man Bao also simply said: "Then according to the two cents, a person should always eat one or two catties of vegetables a day, and meat, even if it is eaten the next day, now a catty of meat, even pork, costs twelve cents. For a pound, chickens and cattle and sheep are even more expensive, even if you only eat half a catty of meat the next day..."

"Where to eat so much, two taels of meat is enough..." Liu Shangshu said: "And don't think I don't know, pork that is twelve cents a pound is good meat, we can buy some not so good meat, Pig's head, some lean meat that is relatively firewood, and water, etc., you can get it for five or six cents for cheap, and seven or eight cents for expensive."

The emperor and other ministers were stunned. Was the meat outside sold like this?

Wait, why do they know so much?

Forget about Liu Shangshu, he is the minister of the household after all, and his subordinates will send the price list every day, but Zhou Man, you are not from the household, and you don’t have to go out to buy vegetables, how can you be so familiar?

Man Bao naturally knew it from her father. Now that he has nothing to do, he goes to the vegetable market with his sixth brother or elder brother and sister-in-law.

During this period of time, in order to facilitate the care of the three patients in Huangzhuang, she often lived outside the palace. She woke up early in the morning and sat down with her father to eat breakfast, while listening to him talk about the increase of a penny today. a little cheaper...

Having said too much, Man Bao wrote it down.

The two of you came and went to bargain, and Xiao Yuanzheng and Imperial Physician Lu were helping from time to time. Liu Shangshu estimated that one hundred taels was too little, so he reluctantly mentioned six hundred taels.

However, the money is not directly given to the Taiyuan Hospital, or even to the Ministry of Punishment, but said: "When the time comes, the menu will be listed, and those who are willing to accept this item will order three meals a day from these menus or take turns. At the end of the month, the Ministry of Punishment and other expenses will be reported to my Ministry of Households."

Still reluctant to give money directly.

"There are other methods, such as reducing the distance of exile, and the number of years is calculated separately."

The Minister of Punishment felt that this was too troublesome, so he said that it would be better to pay the money in one lump sum, so that the treasury wouldn't be able to take out six hundred taels, right?

Liu Shangshu, a dead pig, said: "Yes, it is difficult to take it out. Otherwise, the Ministry of Justice will move it from other places, and this year, the Ministry of Justice will apply for a lot of money for foreign workers."

The Minister of Punishment immediately stopped talking.

Wei knows: "Your Majesty, in addition to exile some felons to the border, they can directly change their military status. If they return to the civilian population, they may endanger one side, but in the army, there are sergeants who look after them, so they shouldn't cause trouble, maybe they can. Do something good."

The emperor asked Old Master Tang, "What does Tang Qing think?"

Old Master Tang frowned in thought.

Some felons in the prisons of the Ministry of Justice have to be escorted to work in the mines, which is really miserable, even worse than exiles. After all, they will be seen as slaves. Mining farms are basically dead within ten years.

In contrast, in the military, it appears to be much more graceful. Although he is still fighting for his life, it is possible to accumulate merits to justify himself.

Even if the accumulated merit is not enough to justify the crime, life will be much better than in the mine.

After all, he was going to fight with his life, so Old Master Tang no longer had any objections and nodded.

So everyone tentatively decided on these reward methods, and went back to the Ministry of Punishment to choose them.

The emperor was very satisfied with the results of Zhou Man and the others. Knowing that they were busy these two days, he asked them to go back to rest.

Man Bao got two days off, which was to make up for the leave she took last ten days. When she happily rode home with her medicine box, Xiao Yuanzheng's carriage came up from behind, the curtain was lifted, and she said, "Zhou Imperial Physician, don't be busy with other tasks in the day after tomorrow, go to the Punishment Department to find me first, and we'll go pick someone together."

Man Bao nodded.

The carriage drove ahead of her.

When she got home, she jumped off the horse and handed Chi Ji to the servants. She took the medicine box and asked, "Are Bai Shan and the others at home?"

"The young master and the second master went out to the Zhuangyuan Building, and said that if Miss Man is bored back, she can go to the Zhuangyuan Building to play with them."

"Have you finished the examination for the Ministry of Personnel yet?"

The Mingjing exam was held in the capital in the first month of the month. After the results were released in February, the exam of the Ministry of Rites was immediately followed. It was very simple. Go in and let the officials of the Ministry of Rites look at the face, look like Zhou Zheng, the height is suitable, and you can pass without any problems with your speech. It is the easiest. an exam.

Then came the official selection exam for the Ministry of Personnel.

Bai Shan didn't plan to choose an official, so although he passed the jinshi examination, he didn't even go to the examination of the Ministry of Rites, but Chongwenguan and Guozijian still gave the students a holiday and allowed them to move freely.

Yi Ziyang went to take the test, but he didn't know how the test went.

Man Bao thought for a while, and after carrying the medicine box back to his room, he rode to Zhuangyuan Building to find them.

Yi Ziyang was giving them the exam questions from the Silence Department.

Moreover, the Zhuangyuan Building is now full of topics of discussion. Even if he forgets it for a while, he goes out for a walk, and when he hears them talking, he remembers it.

Bai Shan looked at the exam questions and sighed, "It really isn't easy."

Yi Ziyang nodded, "Most of them are very basic questions, most of them are questions about pushing officials, and there are questions about persuading Nongsang. The two questions are about the header of the official document and the header and end of the fold for His Majesty. To be honest, I was stunned for a while myself, and I don’t know if I wrote it right.”

Feng Zongping said: "There is also an example of letting the Ministry of Justice write a case, this is even more difficult."

Yi Ziyang nodded, "But I've heard that the selection test for the Economics department is much simpler than that for the Jinshi Department. And some knowledge from other departments that they will use, but Jinshike is a lot heavier than them, and I don’t know how many people will be stuck this time.”

Bai Shandao: "Probably not. The Jinshi Division has a small number of people. As long as the rolls are not bad, they should be able to pass."

Yi Ziyang nodded, "Fortunately, there are not many difficult topics, but they are too fine."

When Man Bao arrived, they had almost discussed it. When they saw her coming in, everyone got up to greet her, sat down, and ordered another meal for her.

Man Bao asked Yi Ziyang, "How was your test?"

Yi Ziyang smiled and said, "It's average."

Man Bao smiled and said, "You still have merit in going to Xiazhou this time. If you rank higher in the official examination this time, you will take advantage of it when selecting officials."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they remembered this. It seems that those who have been to Xiazhou have been rewarded by the court. Zhou Man is better than them, and they have also been rewarded by the palace.

Feng Zongping was refreshed and asked, "So your Majesty also knows about us?"

Man Bao nodded, "Of course I know, it seems that Kong Jijiu reported it."

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