There are precedents in the history of the Red Chamber

Shi Zhongzhu only stayed in the capital for seven days, and rushed back to Guizhou without stopping.

In the eyes of outsiders, Shi Zhongzhu's return to Beijing this time has a rich harvest, conferring his wife and son, and honoring the glory; only Shi Zhongzhu and his family understand that the royal family has prepaid the remuneration in advance. looking at you!

When Shi Zhongzhu saw Wei Zhenniang again, they had been separated for more than a month. The traffic in this year was really bad. Even though Shi Zhongzhu only stayed in the capital for seven days, he was rushing and rushing all the way, but it took a long time to go back and forth.

Holding Mingzhu and Shi An, Wei Zhenniang hugged Shi Ning herself, and stood at the door to welcome Shi Zhongzhu's return.The setting sun cast a halo on Shi Zhongzhu, and Shi Zhongzhu, who entered the city from the west gate, saw his wife and children in this glow.

Urging the horse to run two steps faster, Shi Zhongzhu turned over and got off the horse, hugged the two little guys who came galloping calling "Daddy" into his arms, one left and one right, and walked towards Wei Zhenniang.Wei Zhenniang hugged Shi Ning, smiling like a flower, Shi Zhongzhu looked at her fixedly, as if he wanted to take her into his heart.Wei Zhenniang sent the child in her arms forward, and said, "Look, Ningning has grown a lot."

Shi Zhongzhu lowered his head to look carefully, and it really opened up, more white and tender.Shi Mingzhu and Shi An were hugged by Shi Zhongzhu on a high place. From this angle, Shi Ning was quite novel. The two little guys stretched out their hands to touch little Shi Ning, and chatted to introduce how much they liked their little brother to Shi Zhongzhu. Of course, the main chatter was Mingzhu, Shi An was making a repeater on the side, occasionally adding words like "Yes!" and "That's right".

With his lovely wife and son, Shi Zhongzhu only wants to immerse himself in the quiet time in the not-so-luxurious courtyard of the Guizhou government office.

The two couples smiled at each other, the two eloquent little guys had expressed enough, and Wei Zhenniang led the family to dinner.After dinner and put the three children to sleep, Shi Zhongzhu hugged Wei Zhenniang and talked on the bed.

"Zhenniang, I went back to Beijing to visit Zhongjiahou's Mansion. The servants are still honest. I have also checked the account on your dowry. There is nothing wrong with it. This time I came here and brought a few smart boys. They are going to succeed Nanshan Si in the future. If you have affairs in hand, you can arrange them."

"Ah."

"The angel who proclaimed the decree has already come. The whole family is blessed with the emperor's grace. I have to work harder to be worthy of the saint's kindness. I must be very busy in the next few days. I will leave the family affairs to you. I will transfer all the elites from the guard battalion to protect you. The inner courtyard of our house is also simple. You can make decisions at home, and you must be more careful around the children. I told you before I left. If there is a dispute, the aristocratic family, noble family, poor family, and Qingliu will all get involved, I am afraid that someone will jump over the wall in a hurry and hurt you, you must be careful, if there is anything wrong, tell me immediately."

"it is good."

"After I've been busy for a while, I will definitely take you to Hongfeng Lake to enjoy the red leaves, okay?"

"it is good."

Shi Zhongzhu babbled, his consciousness gradually blurred.Looking at her husband who was so tired that he fell asleep, Wei Zhenniang patted him again and again, like coaxing little Shi Ning to sleep, Wei Zhenniang stared at Shi Zhongzhu in a daze, the dim candlelight formed a light and shadow on his face—this is him O husband!To support the family outside, for fear that she and her children would be wronged, Wei Zhenniang gently kissed his lips, and lay quietly beside him, the maid came in and extinguished the candles, Wei Zhenniang felt peaceful and stable in the darkness and silence .

Back in Guizhou, Shi Zhongzhu devoted himself to political affairs.Reforming land and returning to the people can be roughly divided into two parts: eradicating chieftains and aftermath work. Eliminating chieftains is highly operable. Nowadays, slavery is still practiced in most places in Guizhou, which obviously does not match the system of the Central Plains Dynasty. It is "unkind" and "cruel". Such charges are ready-made, and which chieftain has no dark history?With the deterrence of the army, there are spies inside, so it is not a big problem.

The aftermath of the next work is the most important thing. Adjusting the boundaries, selecting officials, setting up flood camps, checking fields and compiling taxes, and piles of piles are troublesome. No wonder it is said that construction is a hundred times more difficult than destruction.

The current administrative division of Guizhou, the normal coexistence of state capital and military and civilian government, is divided into Guiyang government, Anshun military and civilian government, Sinan government, Sizhou government, Shiqian government, Zhenyuan government, Tongren government, Duyun government, Pu'an Anmin government, Puding Military and Civilian Mansion, Pingyue Military and Civilian Mansion, and Liping Mansion, those with "military and civilian mansion" in their names are definitely dominated by barbarians, and the normal state capitals are not necessarily dominated by Han people. In Guizhou, generally speaking, it is still barbarians They are in the majority, but some barbarians have been sinicized.

Shi Zhongzhu investigated for a long time before taking the first step cautiously, still taking Anshun as the pilot.

The current magistrate of Anshun is the former co-prefect Yu Xie, who has worked with Shi Zhongzhu for several years and knows Shi Zhongzhu's style well.Anshun went through a rebellion, and the nobles in Yiminli were also weakened a lot. For the follow-up appeasement, Yu Xie did not dare to make decisions without authorization, which happened to be convenient for Shi Zhongzhu.

Shi Zhongzhu first checked the household registration and ordered the chieftain to be executed. All barbarian people must compile household registration, release slaves as civilians, increase household registration, and preach everywhere. Only the imperial court is qualified to manage and restrain them.It turns out that in Anshun's official system, many barbarians serve as adjutants. Of course, they are adjutants in name, but only they themselves know what they are.Now that the adjutant system is abolished, whoever should be the one should be. If a Han person is an official, he does not need to be accompanied by a barbarian who is familiar with the place;A large number of officials have been adjusted to avoid redundant officials and empty pay.

The reform in the army, thanks to Su Hao's assistance, the reform started from the old place where he made his fortune, West Fort.The army is mixed, no distinction is made between Han people and barbarians, except for those with special religious needs, all are provided with food, clothing, equipment, etc., and the man who can enter the barracks is the pillar of the family. From him, the whole family will follow suit. change.

Make a plan, implement it, give feedback, revise, implement it again, analyze the situation, give feedback, implement it again... Shi Zhongzhu was afraid that Anshun would not be able to adapt to his strides, so he revised his plan repeatedly. Anshun obviously gave him a surprise .The first step, which was originally expected to take five years, was completed in three years.There was no large-scale resistance from the barbarian people, and the national integration was relatively rapid and harmonious. After writing the situation of Anshun in the past three years in a secret book and presenting it to the saint, Shi Zhongzhu heaved a long sigh, and he could take a short rest.

On this day, Shi Zhongzhu got out of the office early and walked to the backyard. Mingzhu is already a ten-year-old girl, and she is learning to be a housekeeper beside Wei Zhenniang. Already under the office?"

Wei Zhenniang joked: "Hurry up and go out to see the sky today, maybe the sun rises from the west."

"Why, can't I go to the Yamen at this time?" Shi Zhongzhu pretended to be dissatisfied, and said to Mingzhu.

"Yes, why not, Daddy, isn't my daughter dizzy with joy~" Mingzhu hugged Shi Zhongzhu's hand coquettishly, in the past few years, Shi Zhongzhu could spare time to accompany them except on their birthdays, and Wei Zhengniang said, In order to spare this little time, at other times, Shi Zhongzhu had to work overtime to get things done.When Mingzhu first heard the news, she cried and shouted that she would never celebrate her birthday again, which moved Shi Zhongzhuran.

"Isn't there a lot of business today? Why did you come back so early, don't call you out at night." Wei Zhenniang asked, there is no precedent for calling someone at night.

Shi Zhongzhu sat on the first chair, leaned against the back of the chair, and relaxed: "It's over, the results of Anshun's household registration this year are already comparable to the population of other states. Capital, now I can just take a breath."

"Really?" "Great!" The two mothers and daughters were so happy, Mingzhu smiled and wanted to call the two brothers Shi An and Shining over to see Shi Zhongzhu.

Shi Zhongzhu stopped him with a smile: "It's half an hour before we have lunch, and it won't be too late to see you again, Mingzhu don't worry, Daddy can rest for a long time this time, and he will definitely have time to accompany you."

"What did daddy say? How can daddy accompany my daughter every day when she's grown up? It's just that daddy teaches the younger brothers more homework." Mingzhu said sensiblely.

Shi Zhongzhu glanced at Wei Zhenniang, with doubts in his eyes: Why are you unfamiliar with me?

Wei Zhenniang rolled his eyes at him, and explained: "Mingzhu is ten years old, and the female housekeeper has already practiced her cooking skills. I plan to choose someone for her in two or three years!"

Shi Zhongzhu was frightened, grabbed Mingzhu who was about to escape, and said: "How can it be so fast? Didn't I say that Mingzhu will marry after eighteen at the latest, not a few years ago, and now the crown princess and side concubine The quotas are all full, and the royal family doesn't have any princes of the right age, and Mingzhu doesn't need to hide, so why are you in such a hurry?"

"You, it seems that you are the only real father. I call it "planning for a rainy day. If you marry into someone's house, you don't need a housekeeper girl." Sooner or later, you have to learn." Wei Zhenniang said dissatisfied.

"Mingzhu, daddy's favorite jewel, tell me, what do you think, well, if you don't want to have a family so early, how about daddy delaying it?" Shi Zhongzhu asked, holding Mingzhu's hand.

After all, Shi Mingzhu was a child taught by Shi Zhongzhu. At the beginning, she was a little shy and did not dare to express her opinion. Now that Shi Zhongzhu has asked, what can she not say to her parents: "Didn't my father say that women marry too early?" It’s not good to have children, I won’t be too late to marry until I’m eighteen.”

"Good daughter..." Shi Zhongzhu was about to pull Mingzhu into his arms and hug her, expressing his approval.

"However, it's not too early to start seeing each other."

"Ah?" Shi Zhongzhu was stunned.

"Father, this is the way things are in the world today. The man must have been seeing each other since he was about ten years old when he got married. It's not our family's eighteenth wedding. People have to wait. Naturally, we can only follow each other. After seeing each other, it's settled." Well, the date of the wedding is easy to discuss." Shi Mingzhu analyzed clearly.

"My dear daughter is smart, so I will give you whatever you like, whatever you like...except the royal family." Shi Zhongzhu added that he didn't want to have anything to do with the royal family at all. Father and daughter become monarchs and ministers. It is simply unbearable weight of life.

"Father and mother choose, the one that catches your eyes is definitely not bad, and you will definitely not harm me." Shi Mingzhu reasoned.

"Little Mingzhu doesn't have an older brother or younger brother that she likes?" Shi Zhongzhu confessed.

"Father, the only younger brothers I can see on weekdays are An An and Ning Ning, where are the brothers!"

"What's more, your mother went out to be a guest, didn't you see something nice?"

"Those crooked ones, my family sees me flattering me all the time, from the point of view of women's relatives, men are definitely not bad, they are not motivated, why should I wrong myself."

Shi Zhongzhu was stunned by such a queen's declaration.