[Red Mansion] Sister Lin's sweet pet after marriage

King Lian, who was in his prime and made great achievements, suddenly returned to the forest, which caught Emperor Yongqing and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty by surprise.

Since the emperor was at odds with the present, King Lian has always been the backbone of the current camp, and for a while he was acting as an agent of court affairs. Many old officials of the emperor tried to impeach and bring him down, but they never shook his position. firm.

I heard that some officials who had made good friends in private also went to inquire about it, but King Lian just waved his fan and said with a smile: "Students are so expensive, how can you restrain eunuchs for thousands of miles and be trapped by fame and fortune?"

According to the law of this dynasty, officials are indeed allowed to resign early, but they usually return home or are seriously ill. There has never been such a situation, especially the resignation from a high-ranking official who is almost an extremely powerful minister, which is almost unheard of.

Emperor Yongqing deliberated for a long time, and several voices from different forces blew in his ears at the same time, and finally granted King Lian's leave, but the emperor bestowed him with the gift of keeping the official position of Yinfu, and only allowed Guilin Sanyue to relax.

When the decree came, King Lian bowed down in the mansion to thank him for his kindness. After the spring warmed up, he took his wife and his family to walk to a place with beautiful mountains and rivers.

Shuilan led Daiyu to set off from the capital, and went to the inland to explore the wonders and victories. When he happened to be visiting Wuling Mountain, he received the news that his uncle Duguye was coming to Chengde, so he brought Daiyu and Shuihan to visit him.

Before Daiyu heard that she was going to see Dugu Ye, she was very apprehensive.Although the family property in Jia's mansion is huge, the rules all follow Jia's mother's suggestion, and there is no restraint after entering the palace. Therefore, it is the first time to pay a serious visit to the elders, which is a bit like "an ugly daughter-in-law meets her in-laws".

She originally thought that a high-ranking official like Dugu Shi, and Dugu Ye was the leading figure, would inevitably have a dignified and dignified appearance.Who knows, after seeing it in the other village at the foot of Wuling Mountain, I realized how the words "kind eyebrows and kind eyes" were written.

But Dugu Ye was equally surprised when he saw Daiyu.Although An Lan had already praised heaven and earth in his letters, he was used to seeing outstanding people in his life, so he didn't take it seriously.

Now, when we met each other, even though we were separated a little far away and kept our face down, we could still see that she was a beautiful and refined woman, so I couldn't help but feel relieved, and turned to Shui Lan with a smile: "I haven't entered Chengde yet on this trip, so I'll listen to you." Your cousin said that An Lan resigned and went back to Lin, so he came here to see the mountains and rivers."

Shui Lan and Dugu Ye hadn't seen each other for many years, so they were naturally very happy, and they couldn't help smiling and said: "Uncle came to Beijing, and he didn't send someone to tell me first, so that I can prepare for the reception. Besides, uncle hasn't seen him yet." Where is my sweet potato?"

Saying so, let the nanny carry Shui Han up.The little girl is not afraid of life, her eyes are rolling darkly, and she wants to hug the water when she sees the water, she is very airy.When she was a child, her eyebrows were seven or eight points similar to Daiyu's, but now they are opened a little, but they are more and more like Shui Lan, very delicate and cute.

Dugu Ye looked at her eyebrows and eyes for a long time, a look of melancholy appeared on his face, and he sighed faintly: "This child... looks very similar to your mother's queen."

Shui Lan lowered her eyes to look at the daughter in her arms, and the smile gradually faded from the corner of her mouth: "I only wish her a safe and happy life, and nothing else."

Seeing that the atmosphere was tense for a while, Daiyu changed the subject and said, "I don't know if Uncle is coming to Beijing this time, but what's the matter?"

Dugu Ye glanced at Shui Lan, and replied with a beard: "The Holy Majesty's action this time is really big, and the Meng family has repeatedly broken the rules. The former colleagues are unavoidable, and they are afraid that they will be framed and affected. Let me temporarily appease you." .”

From that look, Daiyu knew that there was an article in it, she lowered her head and hurriedly answered: "I am talkative, but this matter was not brought up by our lord, uncle should know, he is not such a temperament either."

Dugu Ye heard this, and nodded with a smile: "I know it's not An Lan's idea. I'm afraid this time the reward to Guilin is also related to this matter?"

Shui Lan's eyes fell on the top of Wuling Mountain, where the clouds are steaming and rosy, and he said indifferently: "I have always been taboo about making great achievements. Now I have been suppressed by the emperor for a long time, and I want to display my ambitions. I hate having someone pointing fingers at me. I don't want to Wouldn't it be better to go away and go back to Lin Yinquan to bear the blame for their stupidity?"

Dugu Ye listened to Shui Lan's words quite reasonable, besides, he knew that his behavior was unruly, but he was experienced in life, because of his smile, he said: "It seems that you knew that this trouble would come to you, so you got out early." Sighing, "It's just that a lot of old officials have suffered, and they have been tortured enough. There are also some who are discouraged, and use this as an excuse to follow you and return to their hometowns."

It turned out that ever since Emperor Yongqing granted Shui Lan's leave, officials successively proposed to retire and return to their hometowns. At first, Emperor Yongqing was happy to push the boat along, thinking that he could cultivate new forces and consolidate the imperial power.But in fact, the sudden change led to a lack of success, and even riots in local areas. Although it quickly subsided, it objectively exposed the lack of qualifications of the new officials.

As for the cabinet, the Meng family is the dominant and domineering family, while the king of Beijing respects the virtuous corporals, but he is not very proficient in general affairs.Both are often exaggerated, and they know nothing about the people's livelihood and the people's conditions, and have never traveled to the place to learn about it, and the decrees issued are even more ironic.

At that time, the locust plague broke out in Henan Province, the crops were extinct, the people suffered heavy losses, and a large-scale famine was caused.Fuguo Gong went up to rule the demons with virtue, and asked Emperor Yongqing to set an example for all people. They should bathe and change clothes, fast and apologize, so as to drive away the locusts.

Although Emperor Yongqing did not fully believe it, the folks did have the custom of treating locusts as gods. If locust plagues occurred, they would be regarded as a cause and effect from heaven.

Even the king of Beijing thought it was feasible, so he really opened an altar to sacrifice, please get rid of the plague of locusts.However, there happened to be a severe drought in Henan Province this year. Not only did the locust plague not recede, but it even intensified. The rumors made Emperor Yongqing very distressed and headache.

In the end, the news reached Shui Lan, and he wrote a letter to ask the emperor for a three-month leave, and went to the most severe pest-infested area in Henan in person.Daiyu also agreed with this, saying: "As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for the people. If the plague of locusts is not eradicated and the famine is unstoppable, the people will not be able to survive."

So he followed to Henan Mansion, and Shui Lan went to the field to see that the locusts covered the sky and the sun, and they invaded more than a hundred hectares of fertile fields.The magistrate of Henan Mansion heard that King Lian came in person, so he naturally accompanied him, and he couldn't help sighing: "My lord, please see, this situation has been going on for a month, and the government's food reserves are not enough to feed the victims, and the disaster relief funds allocated are also... …Why."

Seeing the helplessness in his words, Shui Lan knew that the allocated food must be in short supply, so he comforted him: "It's okay, Your Majesty will make this clear at the king's meeting. It's just that far away water can't save near fire, and the most urgent thing is to exterminate locusts and rescue disasters." .”

Seeing that there were still many folks and elders in the sitting room, the official walked up to Shui Lan and said a few words: "My lord doesn't know, the people here are very superstitious, and they are determined not to exterminate the locusts. Besides, the locusts are not easy to exterminate. It’s not ideal.”

After hearing this, Shui Lan smiled and said indifferently: "It's okay, the king has personally experienced the locust disaster in Anhui Prefecture a few years ago, and he has a good plan. You evacuate the local people for a while, and take care of them for a while. We Let's discuss it again."

The famine was raging, and the resistance to relocation by the government was not very great, and they were arranged to go nearby within a few days.When it was empty, Shui Lan ordered people to dig a long trench with a shovel in the field, three or four feet deep, and built a fire. Cook it, then bury it.

After experimenting with four or five villages, Emperor Yongqing of Shuilan Shangshu implemented the implementation, forcing the local area to exterminate locusts and burn them. If they disobeyed, they would be severely punished.At the same time, it supervised the allocation of funds for disaster relief, ensured the food and living of the affected people, and fundamentally alleviated the plague of locusts thousands of miles away.

After more than a month, the rain continued, the locusts were driven back, and the crops in Henan Province were revived. The local people were all happy, singing and dancing, and Shuilan also received a lot of praise and reputation.

Daiyu saw it in her eyes, and wanted to be one with Shui Lan in knowledge and action, so she often talked with officials, people and women, and felt the hardships of people's livelihood for a while, and she respected and complacently in her heart.

Although Emperor Yongqing approved Shuilan's good strategy of repelling locusts, after the locust plague, he did not ask him to return to the court, but said that the Duke of Fuguo had a strong supervisor and rewarded countless rewards. Dear thing, you still thought about him like that before, if you didn't advocate exterminating locusts, I don't know how bad it would be."

Shui Lan was lying on the couch reading a book. After listening to Madam's words, she glanced at her across the page and said with a smile: "Madam, why should you be angry? I was thinking for him. I just watched the people suffer. According to Duke Fu's intention, the emperor Either it is because of the loss of virtue, or how much smell can attract locusts? Thanks to his pig-headed brain, he can figure it out!"

When Daiyu heard about it, she couldn't help laughing so much that she put her hands on her chest and couldn't speak with a groan.

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