Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

The three-day wedding leave passed in the blink of an eye.Hu Sanniang and Lin Chong returned to their respective posts and did what they had to do. There was no room for negligence and slack.

In a blink of an eye, the monthly court meeting came.Lin Chong was still wearing the official uniform of the Grand Commander, instead of wearing Prince Rui's attire, standing in his position as the Grand Commander of the Five Armies, the first among the military officers.And the position of the first prince of this dynasty, the position exclusively for him, is conspicuously empty there.

The military generals following Lin Chong watched Lin Chong salute the empress sitting on the seat as usual, with a respectful attitude and a humble salute, so they couldn't help but sigh for him.

Who saluted like this with his wife? !

Many civil servants also watched Lin Chong's movements, and several censors who came back from the Taixue examination had their eyes fixed on Lin Chong early on.If he wears Prince Rui's costume and attends the court meeting as the imperial concubine, just wait for their impeachment.If he participated in the Great Court Meeting as the governor, but did not behave like a courtier, what awaited Lin Chong was also impeachment.

No one expected that Lin Chong would act cautiously and respectfully as a courtier, without any negligence.

Hu Sanniang looked at Lin Chong on the throne, and her eyes flashed with affirmation and praise for Lin Chong.Look, although Lin Chong has his lack of xinxing, he is really the only one in Liangshan who can clearly distinguish occasions, boundaries, and when to do what.

After Jiang Jing reformed all the cultivated land on Jingji Road, Jingdong East Road, West Road, Southwest Road, and Northwest Road into Wangtian, the tax increase by the household department was reported in the Dachaohui.Pei Xuan found out in the process of carrying out Wangtian that the tyrants invaded the fields of ordinary people, and the local officials colluded with the local tyrants. A part was also reported at the Great Court Meeting.

In the end, Pei Xuan proposed to Hu Sanniang to check the public sentiments of all the remaining nineteen roads in Dayuan to see if there were similar situations in other roads.

Officials whose family occupies a large amount of fertile land wished they could go forward and strangle Pei Xuan to death immediately. This is not to check whether there is any land occupation or neglect of human life. It is clearly to fully implement Wangtian in Dayuan.

Going through the normal channels to get on the paper against it?

The officials just ignore it.

At the Xiaochao meeting, it was raised that Wangtian is not in accordance with the etiquette system, but Hu Sanniang was told that you Confucian scholars admire Duke Zhou. Is there anything wrong with Duke Zhou's Wangtian system?Letting all the people in the world have their fields, those who live in them have their houses, those who live in poverty have their clothes, and let the old and the young have something to depend on. Isn't this the unification of the world that scholars advertise to pursue?

The most hateful thing is Chai Jin, who sometimes sticks his neck and shouts at the small court meeting: "You talk to me about courtesy? About propriety? You are an old minister of the former Song Dynasty. The ancestors of the Zhao family have no conscience and bully orphans and widows. , you are still serving his descendants. What about shame? What about etiquette? What about your conscience?"

It forced the civil servants of the Manchu dynasty to no longer dare to talk about the rule of the world by the scholar-bureaucrats of the previous dynasty, nor did they dare to talk about benevolence, justice and etiquette with Chai Jin.

This made Chai Jin agitated, and he shouted: "I am a bandit. Grandpa has powerful fists, powerful swords and guns. Are you going to die or be obedient? Do you want to listen?"

After being fined several times by the empress, Chai Jin, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, calmed down a little at the Xiaochao meeting.He didn't care about fines, every time after a fine, the official rewards to his wife were much more than the official salary.It was easy for him to stop speaking so arrogantly, he changed his yin and yang to choke people.

"Why can Yanshenggong's mansion occupy a mansion's fertile land? He is respected by your Confucian children, so you scholars who have respect in your heart should pay the sacrifice money. Why should the court pay the sacrifice money? This is not the money from the court. Would you like to buy Yanshenggong Mansion?"

Or "You are paying homage to your own ancestors, shouldn't you be offering sacrifices yourself? If you use tax-exempt money to pay homage to your own ancestors, it will be the officials offering sacrifices to your ancestors. This is for those who have no land. People, isn't it too unfair?"

"They are all the people of the official family. Some of them have not yet owned an inch of land, and some are connected by rice fields and across the prefectures. Why are the ancestors of some people so expensive that the official family pays a large sum of money for sacrifices? Don’t have enough food? It’s not fair. Either everyone doesn’t have tax exemption for the sacrifice land, or everyone gets a share of the sacrifice land.”

How is it possible that everyone has a sacrifice field?Anyway, there is no way to reason with the Minister of Rites.

Yu Shi held back his energy to find fault with Chai Jin, and impeached Chai Jin, Chai Shangshu, but in the end he was defeated and wasted his efforts in vain.Chai Jin's wife was in the empress's study as the middle scholar, and also in charge of the empress's inner palace affairs. The couple went in and out together every day, and Chai Jin was actually a person who didn't have half an acre of fertile land.

The fields granted by the former Song Dynasty to Zhou Shizong's descendants were all taken back by the court after Chai entered Shangliang Mountain.

Ah bah, what Zhao Ji did is too dishonest.That Chai Jin is a direct descendant of Zhou Shizong, and he has the Iron Coupon Pill Book bestowed by the Tai/Zu in his hand.The Tai/Zu cleverly took away the family property of the orphans and widows, and in the end even cut off their ancestral sacrifices. No wonder the empress was so easily driven off the throne.

Alas, people are doing what the sky is watching, and the way of heaven is reincarnated, and no one will be spared.

What you said is true!

But those censors didn't know that Chai Jin and his wife didn't live on official salary alone.The generals who were born in Liangshan also have a bonus of varying sizes and amounts of bonuses every year.

Hu Sanniang doesn't care what the courtiers think about her own small calculations, the reform of Wangtian is imperative, otherwise the refugees who lost their land will become a sore for the fledgling dynasty.

Perfunctory management, the refugees who lost their land, appeased or suppressed in one place, and rose again in another.Not only will it consume the limited financial resources and military strength of the dynasty, but it will also slowly shake the foundation of the dynasty.It is also recorded in history books that if those refugees are coerced by those with a heart, they can drag the vigorous dynasty to decline.

If there is a foreign aggression at this time, the lessons learned during the Jingkang period and the old story of Chongzhen hanging Meishan are lessons from the past.

If we don't eradicate the heavy medicine that produces refugees, don't take back the land, and don't guarantee that the tillers will have their fields, we will inevitably run into the danger of repeating the same mistakes.

Hu Sanniang is determined to implement Wang Tian, ​​and the ministers in the court appear to threaten them with resignation and resignation.Hu Sanniang was forced to express her stance on non-violent non-cooperation at the Dachaohui: she did not want to contribute to the new dynasty, and all those who wanted to serve were immediately approved.There are so many redundant officials, but the number of official positions is limited. I am not afraid that no one is willing to do things.

But for those who call to become an official before the age of 70, the court will not issue a pension, not even a penny of the pension.If you return to the hometown where Wang Tian was just divided, I'm sorry, the next time the land will be divided is ten years later.If you want to cultivate land, you can participate in the migration to the north.

At the same time, she also ordered Li Gang to record such people as never being hired.If there are more than three such officials in a family, the family will be labeled with caution.

If you want to recover, go dreaming.

This kind of disposition cannot be condoned or tolerated. Without strong and high-handed methods, these people will become shit-stirring sticks in the officialdom, tarnish the reputation of the imperial court, and affect the smooth implementation of government orders.

Although Hu Sanniang was resolute and tough in court, when it came time to implement it, she still adopted a more conservative approach.Once again, he chose the five routes to implement the Wangtian system, and asked Pei Xuan to be in charge of the officials of these routes. First, he corrected himself and checked whether he had provided protection/umbrella for the local tyrants and invaded the people's fertile land.At the same time, officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate were sent to check the real situation in various places.

There are Chai Jin's nonsense, Pei Xuan's approaching step by step, and the empress' warm water boiling frogs. The new batch of teams from the Metropolitan Procuratorate to inspect Wang Tian's implementation were sent to the selected five routes again.

Lu Zhishen will also lead the team alone this time.But his wife had just given birth to him a son, a sweet wife and young son, and he was extremely reluctant to leave the capital.But Chao Gai's wife is about to give birth, so there is no reason for Chao Gai to lead the team again.

It was almost time to go to the Yamen, and he came to Lin Chong with a jug of fine wine, hoping to get drunk with Lin Chong.

"Well, it will take half a year or a year for me to leave. You can take care of your sister-in-law when you have time. The officials said that they will go all over Huainan East Road. Which county is missed? , I went to Pei Xuan to lead the army stick. I am not afraid of the army stick, but I have to go down to make up for the gap after the fight."

These officials who left Beijing for official business, like the generals who lead troops abroad, their family members will be taken to the inner palace to take care of them.Of course, you don't want to enter the palace.But the conditions in the palace are better, every family has children, and there is a grand hospital guarding them, and no one refuses.

"Brother, don't worry, I will send Xiao Huangmen to visit my sister-in-law and nephew every day."

Lin Chong promised Lu Zhishen that he would take care of his sister-in-law and nephew.Lu Zhishen was kind to him in saving his life, so even if he didn't talk about such things, he would take it to heart.

Although the Xining Hall where he lived was also part of the inner palace, he had already ordered the little yellow gate to lock the back door leading to the Funing Hall.Even though the Hall of Funing and Hall of Kunning are vacant now, he never goes back.He knows the matter of Li Xia in the melon field very well.A little negligence may cause countless troubles, and in the end it will embarrass Hu Sanniang and herself.

Lu Zhishen looked at Lin Chong, and sighed: "You are becoming more and more cautious in your actions. I really don't want to see you care about so many appearances. Are you tired?"

Lin Chong smiled, but the smile disappeared when it reached the corner of his mouth.

"Brother, don't you have to think twice before acting now? Who can live without scruples. It is the blessing of the officials and family that we can become important officials in the court like this. It is the best thing."

Lin Chong said frankly that he was very comfortable with the current state, and then pushed the altar of fine wine to Lu Zhishen.

"Senior brother, I can't drink this wine with you. The officials said that I can't drink alcohol before I have a little son, so as not to give birth to a stupid child. And I can't keep my senior brother in the Dudu Mansion like I was when I was not married. Banquet, I have to go back to Xining Palace for dinner."

Lu Zhishen seemed to have received a critical blow of [-] points——Lin Chong had changed, separated from himself.Now I actually don't want to drink and sleep with myself.

"How can you give birth to a stupid child after drinking? I didn't drink less..."

"Brother, I wouldn't drink with you unless it's a brother. The examples given by the officials are really shocking. You know that Li Taibai in the Tang Dynasty was a wine lover, and finally gave birth to three sons: the eldest son is stupid and the second son is stupid." , Saner is stupid."

"Forget it, don't drink if you don't drink, don't say those stupid people come to scare me. I have had my money purse confiscated since I got married, and your sister-in-law used those words to force me not to drink a drop of wine. It’s not that the official family held a banquet with you when you got married. I couldn’t get half a drop of wine to taste. Alas, this jar of wine is still your nephew who is a hundred years old, and your brother I tried my best to hide it. If you don’t drink it, I will drink it myself. "

Lin Chong watched Lu Zhishen's voice getting lower and lower, and finally turned into a mutter.And his lonely and injured eyes fell on Lin Chong's eyes, which made Lin Chong feel ashamed.

No, brother, is this selling miserably?

"Senior brother, you have to understand me. The officials have generously allowed me to keep the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and take charge of the five armies. But I have to take care of the officials when I do things. She said that I am not allowed to drink. How can I be a courtier?" Resist the decree. Besides, how can anyone who enters the palace feel so at ease now."

Lu Zhishen stayed in the yamen of the governor of the five armies until the hour of Xiaya. Seeing that Lin Chong was determined to go back to the palace to have dinner with Hu Sanniang, he had to go home with the wine jar by himself.Along the way, thinking that Wu Song and Yang Zhi were not here, and that there was not even a drinker to be found, I couldn't help feeling unhappy.

Back at the mansion, the maid came over to take the wine jar in his hand, and whispered: "Madam is very annoyed to know that your lord has left home with the wine jar. Da Lang has been arguing for a long time and refused to take a nap, madam Still angry."

All of Lu Zhishen's restless aura immediately disappeared, and he rushed to the bathroom to take a shower and change clothes, and then hurried back to the room to put his son to sleep first, and then make his wife happy, because my brother is so depressed if he doesn't drink with him Forget it all.

Lin Chong insisted on rushing back to Xining Hall for dinner because he procrastinated in the barracks a few times and missed the dinner time.He didn't know until he returned to Xining Hall that the Empress had already come for dinner, and then she went back to Zichen Hall with the paperwork to be reviewed.He also left a message saying that it is up to him to go to Zichen Hall or stay in Xining Hall to rest.

After Hu Sanniang left, she stayed in Zichen Hall.

If he goes to live in Zichen Palace, Hu Sanniang will also keep him.But after going there once, he felt that he was not as comfortable as being in his own Xining Palace.Those little yellow men wished they could treat him by rubbing off a few layers of skin every time. After the first time in the wedding, he didn't want to experience the second time.Also, in the empress' bedroom, he could always feel inexplicable pressure, which made him faintly anxious about not being able to do what he wanted.

It's better to stay in your own Xining Hall.

The two had dinner together, and then they could walk and talk, listen to Hu Sanniang explain the main points of the art of war to herself, and discuss a little about the military camp with Hu Sanniang.Even if Hu Sanniang wanted to review the papers, there were only a few that she brought to Xining Hall.If she went to Zichen Palace for dinner and stayed in the study of Zichen Palace, Hu Sanniang would have endless things to do.

What's more, in Xining Hall, if the zhezi is approved smoothly, you can practice fists and kicks with Hu Sanniang again, sweating hot, washing and bathing together...

He didn't want to miss the dinner at Xining Hall, only at that time could he talk.

In the first year of Kuntai's failure to open Enke, Hu Sanniang prevaricated with redundant officials and the surplus money from the household department.The second year of Kuntai is approaching, but Hu Sanniang still doesn't talk about Chunwei.

Li Gang was in a hurry, but as a prime minister, he couldn't just keep silent just because the empress avoided the imperial examination.

"Officials, who will be the chief examiner at Chunwei Point next year?"

If it is a normal imperial examination, the chief examiner is usually determined a few days before the exam.Li Gang's question is to vaguely remind Hu Sanniang that next year's spring is a foregone conclusion.

Hu Sanniang hesitated and said: "I think there are still many Jinshi who have not obtained real positions, but what I need are some female officials."

"What the officials said is true. But this..."

Li Gang admitted that what Hu Sanniang said was a practical issue.

"But the female officials used to belong to the inner court. Could it be..."

He had a very bad feeling in his heart, and the next moment, Hu Sanniang's words confirmed how keen his feeling was.

"If next year's spring, I will only open women's department. The imperial court is short of female officials."

"Single women's department?"

Li Gang was surprised, and stared at the empress in ordinary clothes with wide eyes in disbelief.It took a long time before I lowered my eyes.

"The minister is disrespectful, please forgive me from the officials."

"It's okay. Sit down and talk slowly about Chunwei." Hu Sanniang signaled Xiaohuangmen to move a stool for the prime minister, and asked Li Gang to sit down and talk slowly.

The empress was calm, and said sincerely: "If you don't mention the matter of Chunwei, I still can't think of opening a women's department. I wanted to promote some female officials, but the people who are promoted are limited to those I know or know. Yes Those women who have no way to spread their reputation to me are not fair, and it is not fair to the women who serve as female officials. It is rare for someone to say that they are lucky in private. Therefore, it is fairer and more reasonable to take the public examination."

The civil servants who participated in the Xiaochaohui were all stunned, and some were about to go crazy.In the past year, the sympathetic censors who have been bullied by the Minister of Rites, Chai Jin, wanted to refute the absurdity of the government's single women's department, but they couldn't get down in mid-air.

What did you say—that women cannot be officials?Or is it the morning hen?

Sitting in the middle of Wende Hall is the Empress.She won the empress of the world by her own ability.

To be fair, the female emperor did much better than Zhao Ji, the former emperor of the Song Dynasty.If the female emperor can go down in history, then Zhao Ji in the control group will be infamous forever.

In the first year of Zhao Ji's accession to the throne, dozens of concubines were added to the inner palace, not counting the Yuanduan Palace.And the empress's inner palace only has a married emperor's husband.

Cough cough cough, men and women are different and cannot be compared.

This matter cannot be said in court, but history books will record it, and history books will speak.

At this time, Sun Erniang, the doctor of the household department, came out to salute, "The official family, I think it is possible to open a women's department. It can select useful talents for the official family."

Mrs. Gu, who is in charge of supervising the behavior of all officials, stood up and said, "The minister seconded the proposal."

Well, the former Sun Erniang is a well-known black shop owner who sells "human meat buns", and the latter one is even nicknamed "Mother Big Worm".Not to mention whether Sun Erniang is easy to mess with, the mother tiger always has a stern look of pulling everyone over to beat the army stick, and her husband is also the commander of the imperial city, and the former head of the official family's personal guard.

Can't afford it!

All civil officials silently opposed the opening of women's department.

In the end, Li Gang had to come out and ask himself what he said.

"Officials, women's affairs have never happened before, and we have to think carefully before we talk about it."

"Okay, that's it, Chun Wei will think carefully about it."

Hu Sanniang readily agreed, but what is the essence of these words?Could it be that if there is no women's department, there will be no Chunwei?

The day after the small court meeting, Mrs. Chai handed in the playbook.Hu Sanniang opened it and couldn't help laughing.Chai Jin and his wife really deserved to be a couple. Both of them were able to recognize the general trend of the court, and seized the opportunity to show their abilities and show their attitude of loyalty to the king.

Mrs. Chai's memorabilia is directly a very feasible examination process for women's subjects.

From women's registration, the process of going to Beijing, the arrangement of examination rooms, the basic selection criteria, and even the division of women's subjects into two different examinations, one for liberal arts and one for mathematics.

Hu Sanniang looked happy in her heart, and she was still smiling until she went to bed at night.

She leaned in Lin Chong's arms and told Mrs. Chai's excerpts, pointed at Lin Chong's abdominal muscles and said, "Tan Lang, you see, Chai Jin and his wife are really a wonderful couple made in heaven. They are so knowledgeable and quick-witted. I Judging by Mrs. Chai's mind, she can be the teacher of the empress dowager in the future."

Lin Chong was taken aback for a moment, Hu Sanniang seldom talked about civil affairs with him, and she seldom talked about business affairs in bed.Now let's make an exception and let Mrs. Chai be the teacher of the princess.Surprised, he tightened his arms around Hu Sanniang.

"Daughter-in-law? Do you have the third lady?"

Hu Sanniang said "Ouch", when Lin Chong realized that he was hurting his wife in his arms, he let go of his arms a little, but he still hugged Hu Sanniang very eagerly.

Hu Sanniang slowly drew the outline on his abdominal muscles, while sighing quietly: "It's not confirmed yet, we will have to wait a few more days to find out."

Lin Chong was ecstatic, hugged Sanniang Hu and said incoherently, "Third Lady, Third Lady."

Gradually his ecstasy turned into silent grief, and the grief in his chest made him feel unbearably uncomfortable, and tears burst out of his eyes involuntarily.That year, because they were married for three years and had no children, they went to the temple to offer incense, and they were greedy to watch Lu Da dance the Zen stick, which made Zhang and Huahua Taisui face each other, causing a series of disasters later...

I didn't mention my sufferings in the past ten years, but Mrs. Zhang left because she refused to abandon the former alliance.

Heaven and man are separated...

Drops of tears just fell on Hu Sanniang's cheeks and ears.Hu Sanniang turned her head to look at Lin Chong, Lin Chong wiped his eyes hurriedly, the continuous tears rolling down forced him to wipe his face carelessly with his big hands.But the silent sadness brought out by the unstoppable tears still fell in Hu Sanniang's eyes.

"Third lady, I'm just so happy, so happy." Lin Chong choked up his tears to defend himself.

Hu Sanniang nodded, "Yes, I understand."

Then he called the ladies of the night watch to come in, and served Prince Rui to wash his face.

When Lin Chong packed up his mood and returned to the bedroom, Hu Sanniang had already left.

"Your Highness, the official family has returned to the Zichen Palace." Xiao Huangmen repeated the emperor's words with a bent body. "It's because I remembered that I have something to rush to finish. Please rest first, Your Highness, the official will not come back."

Lin Chong immediately understood that it was his gaffe, which made Hu Sanniang unhappy because of the past buried deep in his heart.He hurriedly dressed neatly and rushed to Zichen Palace.You can't let a little bit of unhappiness accumulate in Hu Sanniang's heart.

Hu Sanniang was really a little unhappy.

I can't blame someone who said that when marrying a widowed man, you have to look at how his ex-wife died; more importantly, you have to look at how his relationship with his ex-wife is.If he has a very good relationship with his ex-wife, no matter how good or suitable the man is, he should not marry.

When something happens, the old person will be remembered, and when something happens, people will compare it subconsciously. How can the living compare with the beautified dead.The feeling of being depressed in daily life, but unable to express it, will suffocate the latecomers.

Let him think about his ex-wife by himself, or think quietly, he should go back to Zichen Palace to read the booklet.

Lin Chong rushed to Zichen Hall, but saw that the study in Zichen Hall was dim.His heart sank inexplicably, is Hu Sanniang angry?He began to blame himself for losing his composure.

Hu Sanniang rested immediately after returning to Zichen Palace.Kuishui, who was punctual in the past, was seven or eight days late this month, so it should be a matter of life and death.She caressed her belly. Here was a little lady who was not expected by men in the world, and a princess who was destined to have a difficult life.It will take me 30 years to stabilize the world and create a solid foundation for her.

I want to teach her literary talent and military strategy, teach her to broaden her horizons, teach her to be strong, teach her everything that an emperor should know, and teach her to continue the Great Yuan Dynasty, which is a dynasty that is a dynasty of empresses for generations.

From the courtyard of the dormitory came the soft voice of the palace lady, "Your Highness, the official family has already rested."

"Well, I get it. I won't say it loudly."

Lin Chong's low voice was full of remorse and guilt.

"Officials, I know you haven't fallen asleep yet, how about seeing Rong Chen?"

"Your Highness, you will disturb the rest of the officials." Xiao Huangmen helplessly stopped Lin Chong.

The Empress came back from Xining Hall so late with a sullen face, the maids of Zichen Hall and Xiao Huangmen all guessed that the Empress was annoyed.Now His Highness Prince Rui hastened over, no matter how you say it, his attitude is correct.But if you have to say it, you still have to fulfill your responsibility.

Hu Sanniang covered her head with a quilt, she didn't want to talk to Lin Chong.

"Oh, Your Highness, you can't kneel in the yard. It's the twelfth lunar month, and you will get sick."

Hu Sanniang was so angry that she beat the bed. If she didn't speak, Lin Chong would be able to kneel in the yard until dawn, and then the rumors of the empress and her husband's estrangement would spread all over the world in an instant.

"Prince Rui has an audience.".