The Story of Leaping from the Dragon Gate

At the end of the first year of Chengxing, the new emperor had been in power for a full year.During the period, he set an example and made great efforts to govern, and the ruling and opposition parties mentioned it, and all of them expressed their approval.The light and dark forces of all parties who took a wait-and-see attitude, especially the neighboring and vassal states, gradually stabilized.

Among the three princes, the youngest Duke of Xiangguo, the successor of Zhongshu Ling, Yao Zigong, spoke more and more frequently at court meetings, attracting attention.The grandson of the Duke of Ming Dynasty, Sun Ru, is more than a few years old, but he still has sharp ears and eyes, and a quick mind.His successor, the eldest grandson Lianxiao, also did a good job in the position of Shizhong Silang, and won praise from the public.Among Cheng Guogong's Yuwen Mansion's next generation of disciples, two of them have just won Jinshi this spring, and they are also successors.

The five princes abdicated from the old Zhaohou, and all the incumbents were young and middle-aged people in the prime of life.The oldest Weihou Du Zhu and Yinghou Xu Shixiao are both less than half a hundred years old.Yihou Wei Guan is only in his early forties, and as for the remaining Zhaohou Li Cong and Xianhou Dugu, they are just over 11 years old, which is the best golden stage for men.The next generation in the families of military lords is not bad either.Like the Du family who joined the army, even among the offspring, there are many generals.Among them, the outstanding ones, such as Du Tang, who had a friendship with Dugu in the northwest, is currently the commander-in-chief of the Xidu Guan Defense Army.Although only the eldest son of the Xu family was in the army, he served under the command of Marquis Xian and was able to take charge of himself.Given time, the future is limitless.Besides the Dugu family, the [-]-year-old eldest son Duguli has fully demonstrated the attitude of a tiger father without a dog.

The eight great families surrounding the new emperor can be said to be thriving.

Except for Xianhou Dugu, who left after the new emperor ascended the throne, and has not returned so far, and has no chance to receive the golden seal and jade book again, the rest of the princes and Wuhou have received the new emperor's special pure gold seal and blue field jade book, swearing allegiance.

After the imperial examinations in spring, Song Wei and the princes went through one by one to pick up the new Jinshi. Those who stayed, and those who left, were all given positions at the grassroots level.Now that it's autumn, together with Weng Wei, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, we will go through the prefects of various prefectures one by one, and set a plan for the autumn and winter assessment.

Song Wei knows very well that always being served by loyal people, able people, and loyal and capable people is the basic guarantee for fulfilling the emperor's duties, and it is also the core essence of ensuring a happy emperor.

He and the bearded Da Lang of the Weng family are old acquaintances and fellow villagers, discussing business affairs and gossiping at the same time.

"Hey, let me say Weng Aiqing, how is your little Nineteen?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, my incompetent nineteenth brother has barely cultivated his mind and devoted himself to learning in the past six months."

It turned out that Weng Huan lost weight and bounced back, failed completely, and studying and taking scientific examinations was as difficult as climbing the sky. He wanted to try to repay his debts, but unexpectedly, the idle sixth prince became a prince in a blink of an eye, and in a blink of an eye, he became an emperor!The crime of deceiving the emperor could not afford to cut his fat body to Weng Nineteen.I had no choice but to swear a blood oath in front of the ancestral tablet, to correct evil and return to righteousness, and study hard.

Song smiled and said: "I kept my filial piety for three years, and he studied for three years. Just after finishing his studies, he came out to help me work. You tell him, if he can pass the Jinshi exam, I will leave him a position as a minister. No joke Haha..." I thought that maybe in the future, an entertainment business development department could be added, specifically for Weng Nineteen and other dudes to generate income for themselves.

Weng Wei believed that the emperor was joking, but his tone was full of intimacy and trust, and he really cared about the future of Weng's children.Just about to push the boat along the way to thank you, the emperor continued with a slight smile: "Under your elder brother's personal teaching, he will not even be able to pass the exam as a scholar. If he speaks out, not only will he lose face to the Weng family, but even I will feel ashamed too, right?" ? If you can’t do it well, maybe try martial arts? We have a vast territory in Xianxi, and there are plenty of land and sea areas where local dignitaries guard..."

This means that if you fail to pass the imperial examination, the Weng family's Xiao Nineteen may be ready to be assigned.

Mr. Weng remembered that the Weng family still had a big handle in the hands of the emperor.How could you forget the emperor because of his amiable face?

Hastily knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the children of the Weng family, no matter they are wise or foolish, will spare no effort and take it as their duty to serve the country loyally."

Song Wei squinted his eyes and nodded: "Spare no effort, serve the country loyally, wow!"

The government affairs of the previous dynasty went smoothly, and the work of the inner court was also quite efficient.The queen returned to the palace and made arrangements for the concubines and maids left by the former emperor.Song Wei looked around and felt that the harem was much cleaner, and it was more convenient to run horses, donkeys and pigeons.

The two sets of confidential secretary teams selected from the servants and maids cooperated with each other and supervised each other. Before that, Song Wei had been trying to control the sidelines by herself. The team was naturally handed over to the chief executive, Lan Di.

The Queen and Chief Lan are listening to the oracle, Song Wei is playing with the seal in his hand (he thinks the jade seal is too heavy, and writing is tiring and easy to make a fool of himself, so he engraved a few special seals, carry them with him, each has its own use), Indifferently said: "The two of you discuss and come up with a charter for doing things. I have no other requirements, only one, the charter you drafted, don't give the people below the opportunity to make mistakes."

This trick, learned from the old Xianhou, is fresh and hot, and it is fried and sold now.

Duguying and Landi both had serious expressions on their faces, and answered solemnly.

This era is far less sensitive to servants and concubines doing politics than later generations. It is common for a servant like Qingyun Landi to accompany the emperor to watch memorials.With the queen's participation, it became a check and balance force for the inner court.More importantly, Song Wei clearly divided the scope of duties of the confidential secretary, only doing secretarial work, not discussing or interfering in politics.On the first day of employment, brainwashing professional ethics education was carried out, and all secretaries were only responsible to the emperor himself.

Changsun Ruchu chatted with Yu Wengao a few times, and later found out that the emperor could do a lot more work in this way, and the maids who kept records never talked too much, and the emperor was not unreasonable about especially confidential matters, so he quickly adapted up.

After the death of the old Xianhou, Dugu visited the Dugushi brothers and stayed in the palace for five out of ten days.Song Wei simply selected a talented scholar with an innocence and a brilliant literary name from among the new scholars to be named Taifu, and also granted the title of Taishi to the semi-retired old Xiangguo Gong Yao Xie. There is an extracurricular tutoring class.The two brothers-in-law, the underage prince of An Wangduan's mansion, and the other boys of the duke's family who were of the right age, voluntarily signed up, and after passing the examination, they entered the palace regularly to learn literature and martial arts.

After a year of hard work, the affairs of all parties are on the right track and are getting smoother day by day.

Ascending on the Chongyang Festival, Song Wei looked towards the southeast: You see, without you, I still do a good job.

During the winter solstice to worship the ancestors, Song Wei looked up at his father's tablet: You see, without you, the young master still does a good job.

The first year of Chengxing passed and entered the second year of Chengxing.

The weather is good, the country is peaceful and the people are safe.

The common people, including some later historians, mentioned the prosperity and rule of the world during the Chengxing period, and they all believed that one of the main reasons was that God gave face, and there had been no large-scale natural disasters for many years.As everyone knows, the flood season inspection policy left by the first emperor was inherited and improved by the new emperor, so that the loss of natural disasters is minimized, which is the most important reason.Since Nanling popularized the pond car, the Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry of the Ministry of Industry has devoted itself to the development of water conservancy farming technology, and advanced farming methods have gradually increased grain production. It's just beginning to emerge.

This year, the Southeast Navy established its first ocean-going fleet and began its first trial voyage.There are not many ships and small scale, but they are enough to be recorded in the annals of history forever.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of investing in voyages, merchant families in the northwest and southwest began to intervene in Jiangnan, initially breaking the monopoly of local aristocrats and gentry in politics and business.

The first emperor's birthday was in early autumn, and this year is his seventieth birthday.At the beginning, the funeral was held in winter and spring, and due to other considerations, the subjects of the faraway tribes were not allowed to come to the ceremony to offer sacrifices.Song Wei once said that she would give her father a grand yin birth as compensation.Today, the time to enjoy the family relationship between father and son with the first emperor is too short, and it is the embodiment of filial piety to want to use this to mourn.Taichang Temple and the Ministry of Rites wrote various articles, and everyone felt that it should be taken for granted.

Autumn was originally the time for paying tribute, and the envoys went directly to Beijing with their tribute.Because it is necessary to congratulate the new emperor's accession anniversary and commemorate the [-]th birthday of the former emperor, no one is ashamed to be shabby.Song Wei received the gift softly, and returned the gift to the point of bleeding, summoned the three princes, and took the return gift list drawn up by Honglu Temple Minister according to the past practice, his face turned pale, and his hands trembled: "Look, look at them all. , such a prodigal, the year can't be over?!"

Both the Dukes of Ming and Cheng said: This is a common practice, otherwise it will not show the demeanor of the heavenly kingdom.

Duke Xiang probably knew what the emperor was thinking, but he couldn't come up with an effective solution. He almost lost his dignity in front of the emperor. He was amused by the emperor's painful appearance, and he gritted his teeth to hold back.

Song Wei frowned: "Demeanor, demeanor, the demeanor of drinking his mother's northwest wind! Quickly think of a trick for me, how do you say that, Fei... Hui... what?"

Yao Zigong was quick-witted: "Your Majesty, it is a benefit but not a waste."

Song Wei slapped his thigh: "That's right, it's not a waste of money!"

Yu Wengao thought about it, and said: "Your Majesty, the Jiaozhi King has added one hundred new students, and the King of Jiaozhi expressed his gratitude. The Northwest Fans have also longed for sanctification, or they can do the same..."

Song Wei shook his head: "Li Jun's [-] quotas are for the best shipbuilders in his hands and his secret shipbuilding technology. The [-] students are provided with food, lodging, tuition, and even transportation. This expense is quite a lot, much more expensive than sending away some gold, silver and jewelry."

It was still Yao Zigong who had a quick mind, and rolled his eyes: "It is too expensive for them to send people to the court. In that case, Your Majesty, can the court send people?"

Song Wei turned her head: "Huh? Tell me how to get there."

"Your Majesty, now I have Taixue in the capital of Xianxi, prefectures in counties and counties, and even in remote places, there are Mr. Village Schools who lead grain millet. The government and the public all praise this as the head of benevolent government, which is a testament to the greatness of the emperor. To Fan One of the reasons for increasing the number of Tai students in the vassal state is that the imperial court spends too much money, and the second is that the students are uneven. It is better to set up a local government school, and the imperial court will send Confucian talents to provide salary, and the various tribes will provide facilities. Enrollment is free, but food and lodging are taken care of by oneself. The imperial court does not spend much, and the Tibetans benefit a lot..."

Song Wei pondered in her heart while listening.After Yao Zigong finished speaking, he nodded: "This idea is generally good. But..." smiled, "If I were to learn the classics of sages and sages alone, not to mention free, I might not be willing to go."

The eldest grandson Ruchu raised his beard and snorted.Yu Wengao understood the emperor's meaning, and said: "Your Majesty is very worried. Although the barbarian Hu tribe admires the education of the state, and is really willing to enter the government school, there are probably only a few people who take the imperial examination as a career."

Song Weidao: "That's what it means. Benefits don't cost money, people really think it's affordable. No matter what, it's always good to run a school. Ask Wei Houde to talk to the heads of the mission. Not only are the sages' classics, but also other things like building bridges, paving roads, farming and digging. Wells, silk weaving and cotton spinning, even stargazing, fortune-telling... as long as they need it, we can teach them. Well, there is no distinction between teaching and treatment, right?"

Therefore, when the missions returned, most of them carried a piece of paper in their arms and walked lightly.Those with foresight have chosen to cooperate with the Shangbang court to establish government schools locally.For those without vision, such as the envoy of Tocharo, after hearing the words of the envoy of Huihe, he suddenly came to his senses and went to Honglu Temple to repent.Mr. Wei's expression was not hesitant: "It's gone! What did you do so long ago! I am Xianxi, a talented scholar, a famous teacher and a skilled craftsman, all of which are priceless treasures. How precious, do you want to have it?"

The envoy begged bitterly and went straight to the emperor.Song Wei said kindly: "This round really can't send any manpower, next time, next time I will definitely reserve it for you first. In this way, I will give your tribe a hundred taels of gold and a hundred pieces of silk and satin. See if there is anyone who is willing I'll give you another place."

Tocharo urgently needed a Xia language interpreter, so the envoy took the extra gold silk and satin from the emperor, exchanged it with other envoys for two interpreters, and happily returned.

It's Chongyang Climb again, Song Wei looks towards the southeast: You see, without you, I still do a good job.

It was the winter solstice to worship ancestors again, Song Wei looked up at her father's memorial tablet: You see, without you, the young master still does a good job.

In the twelfth lunar month, Song Wei was busy preparing for the New Year, when Xu Shixiao, the Marquis of Ying who was training in the northern suburbs, suddenly received an urgent secret message: The Tocharian envoy, who should have gone back to the tribe long ago, has returned.