[Red Mansion] Marrying a wife like jade

It turned out that Shen Yue actually "discovered" several books about spells among the books handed in from various places.These books of spells have never appeared before. If the paper is not torn and the handwriting is blurred but still in Chinese characters, the Ninth Prince would think that it was brought back from overseas.

With these books hooked, after five years of compiling the compilation, the Ninth Prince rolled up his sleeves again and joined his brothers in the great cause of compiling books—Shen Yue said, these books were learned from the time of enlightenment , It is of great benefit to the cultivation of some spell talents.

I deeply feel that in the art of magic, apart from Shen Yue, who is already lonely and as lonely as snow, the Ninth Prince, I can't do it myself. I wish I could compile the book in one day, and then teach in person, and teach a few people who can compete with me. Students who solve problems together?

Since then, the Ninth Prince, who has taken root in the Imperial Academy, found that a few old country men would come into the Imperial Academy from time to time, explaining to the officials one-on-one how to farm the land and how to watch the farming season.And those officials actually wrote down every word, and the Ninth Prince took it for granted: Shen Yue said that he would compile agricultural books, so he must have found these people.

These people were indeed found by Shen Yue, but he found that it was easier for him to ask the gods than to give them away, and these old farmers were unwilling to return to their hometowns.

The old farmers with simple appearance have their own little cunning.

When they were first elected by local officials and sent to Beijing, these people had the idea of ​​meeting guests and dying in their hometowns—even if the official officials let them go to Beijing, even if they said it well, the journey is long, and the date of returning home has not been determined, so it’s okay. Are you going to Beijing with one heart in mind?

Who knew that once he entered Beijing, it was exactly as the official said, the food was better than at home, the living was more comfortable than at home, and he even received money once in half a month.That's white money!They planed food from the soil for a year, and if they could eat enough, it was God's care. If they had a few pennies left in a year, it would be a good year.

Now half a month has one tael of silver to get, who wants to go home?If I stay in Beijing for more than half a month, I just want to save an extra tael of silver for my children and grandchildren. Will my daughter-in-law and grandson-in-law still worry about it?

So they used their wisdom to talk a lot to the officials and gentlemen every day. Most of the time was spent talking about ancient times, and the other half was mixed with strange things about local chronicles.

Within a few days, those officials discovered something unusual—the first half month, these old farmers were eager to finish talking and go home early, how could they get their money back once, and they seemed to be confused, rambling on and off about the topic ?

After listening to their report, Shen Yue smiled wryly.He understands the reasons why these old farmers do this, but he can't encourage this kind of trend-in the future, agricultural books will be printed and distributed everywhere. Don't talk about scientific farming and the promotion of improved seeds. Maybe some people can eat seed grains, and then scold the seeds given by officials for not sprouting.

It's not like this if you have to look forward to Shu in Long.

For such a matter, Shen Yue actually knew how to deal with it in his heart, but it was really difficult for him to make a bad face.Fortunately, among the princes, there was a born black-faced fourth prince selected by Shen Yue, who walked around the Imperial Academy with a murderous look.

He also didn't confront the old farmers directly, but only asked the officials who were talking to the old farmers three questions:

When will this consultation be completed?

Is it difficult to complete within a month?

If they can't finish it in a month, do they think that the whole family will be exiled to the Northwest Farm?

The officials were all questioned.The fourth prince is not like other princes, he can have a smiling face to the courtiers on weekdays.He always dealt with business, turned around and left after talking, so ordinary officials were still a little apprehensive towards the Fourth Prince.The fourth prince suddenly came to ask these three questions today, can they not be fooled?

The most terrible thing is that people left after asking, neither listening to the explanation nor asking about the process, as if the last question uttered was really the last way out for officials.

The old peasants heard the conversation between the fourth prince and the officials completely, and they didn't ask tremblingly until they left for a long time, "Who is this?"

It was only then that the officials remembered that just now they wanted to greet the Fourth Prince, but they interrupted them.Where did I offend this cold-faced prince?The officials who couldn't figure out the reason, regardless of Shen Yue's request to them, tried their best to be polite to the old peasants, and said impatiently: "It's His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince."

It turned out to be the prince, no wonder he didn't take these officials seriously.The old peasants trembled even more: he is the emperor's own son, and he thinks that the officials are too slow, so he wants to exile the whole family to the northwest to farm. It should be just a matter of words, right?

Being an official is all a matter of one sentence. People like me who face the loess and back to the sky, maybe they don’t even look down on the farmland, and just give themselves... Old farmers who dare not think about it, suddenly realize that they are It's better to leave Beijing as soon as possible, a place that may be snapped at any time.

If they didn't care about the one tael of silver, they felt that they would die if they died.But there is still a tael of silver to bring to his children and grandchildren. If he dies, will this money still go to his children and grandchildren?It's better to take it home by yourself than to ask anyone to take it with you.

What's more, not to mention the matter of money, the fourth prince can let his whole family go if he dies?Maybe the whole family has to go to the northwest to farm.Even the old farmers sent from the northwest know the difference between their own land and farming, and they don't want their children and grandchildren to have to farm for a living.

What else can I do?Hurry up and finish talking to the officials and lords, and go home quickly, Beijing is too scary, even if the money is good, you can't stay anymore.

After the fourth prince left, the officials suddenly found that the language of the old farmers became more concise, and they uttered more dry things. In less than half a month, they had already said everything they should and could say.

Shen Yue expressed his satisfaction, and gave out money again within half a month. He also invited these old farmers from all over the place to a restaurant for a farewell banquet, and gave each of them two bolts of cloth for him. Personal thoughts.

So as these old farmers returned to their hometowns one after another, rumors spread that there was a fourth prince in Beijing who would send his whole family to work in the fields, and a kind and unreasonable little Shen Hanlin.Even the fourth prince didn't understand until his death. He hadn't been out of Beijing a few times in total. Why did the officials and the common people keep silent about him once he got there?

Not to mention things that will happen many years later, but to say that the experience of this old farmer is already there, and it can only be promoted as experience after going to various places to test and optimize.Shen Yue is not a person who is eager for quick success, so he sent people to buy small villages with money. In addition to following what the old farmers said, he also brought a little scientific farming experience that he had heard about in his previous life. Planting manuals for crops suitable for planting in various places can be compiled.

That is to say, after sending people out, he can devote more energy to the compilation of books about making utensils every day.However, it is different from letting the local officials directly send the old peasants to Beijing. The collection of materials for making utensils is more difficult.

Just as Shen Yue was worried at the beginning, many craftsmen's families used their skills as a means of livelihood passed down from generation to generation, how could they hand them over so easily?Even if Shen Yue bought it with money, there were very few prescriptions received.

Now there are only three hundred thousand compiled by the third prince and others and the annotations of the Four Books and Five Classics have not yet been compiled, and the four, five, six or nine princes are all idle.Seeing that the five-year compilation and ten-year excellent volumes are selling very well, it is even more reason to believe that the agricultural books and manufacturing books that Shen Yue wants to spend a lot of time compiling will definitely sell well.

Seeing that Shen Yue's book seemed to be unable to be compiled, the four princes were anxious: If Shen Yue's book could not be compiled, it would not be printed, and if it could not be printed, it would only delay their earning money.After some reasoning, the princes took the initiative to ask Shen Yue to go to various places to collect and make prescriptions.

Shen Yue was so frightened that he hurriedly invited the present, begging him to suppress his son - it is not a trivial matter for the princes to go out of Beijing, not to mention their safety after they leave Beijing, those local officials would not dare to be magistrates in order to flatter the prince ?

Now he doesn't want his sons to go out of Beijing, because he is afraid that when his sons go to the place, they will be flattered, or be provoked by someone who wants to seize the heirloom. , although the first prince's knowledge is still superficial, but the overall direction of thinking is good.And because there was no interference from seizing the heirloom, he didn't have much selfishness, and he was very fair in dealing with things.

This gave us reason to believe that as long as the First Prince followed this direction, he would be able to safely hand over the empire to him in a hundred years.If the other sons want to seize the heir again, the eldest prince will be disturbed, partisan disputes will inevitably arise, and it is hard to say whether he will have a good end.

So four, five, six or nine four princes found out that their father was burdening themselves again.What the hell is it to find out the existing ills in the various ministries?I don't know that although I have been in charge of the Ministry, but most of the time is either in Jianyin Library or editing books?

The princes who are not very familiar with the affairs of the ministries have no choice but to spend more time understanding the affairs of the various ministries. They also have to think about whether it is reasonable to handle these affairs in this way, and whether there are loopholes to take advantage of. If there are loopholes, I should think of some idea to block this void.

It doesn't matter if they find faults everywhere, the courtiers can't sit still.You must know that each ministry has its own unspoken rules, and those courtiers are making profits through these unspoken rules.If the princes were to pick it apart, would he still have money to fish in the future?

The censors were mobilized by their respective teachers, the same year, or fellow villagers, and they filed bulletins to impeach the princes for exceeding their powers and arbitrarily governing, saying that they did not know the rules of the ministries and restricted the officials of the ministries to handle affairs.If this trend is not contained, all ministries will be unable to conduct business and handle affairs.

Only now did the princes know how Shen Yue felt when he was impeached.They also wanted to speak clearly and logically like Shen Yue did, and directly sent the censors back.It's a pity that without Shen Yue's offensive power, he can only try to explain to the courtiers that he wants to get rid of the ills of each department so that each department can run more smoothly.

How could the courtiers, who saw the victory in sight, just let the princes go like this?They came out one after another, and they must let the princes rest from picking all the faults.

Quietly looking at the courtiers and princes who were arguing like a pot of porridge below, now I unexpectedly thought, if Shen Yue was present, would he follow the courtiers to criticize his son, or would he join his sons in attacking the courtiers? Are you speechless?

If he was dealing with his own son, then his son might not even be able to say these words now.But if he is a courtier, there is a smile on his face now, this idea is not enough for him!

But although Shen Yue is not qualified to participate in the Great Dynasty, tomorrow will be his day of rotation, right?Now I focus on Xueshi Shen and Lin Ruhai who did not participate in the criticism of their sons, wondering whether these two old foxes have been reminded by Shen Yue, knowing that this time the sons are going to fight in various ministries, and it is their own instruction?

Xueshi Shen sensed today's gaze, but he didn't move.Although he didn't get reminded by Shen Yue, he has been in a high position for many years, and he also keenly realized that the princes are acting in a unified way this time, and it's not a small fight in one place.Dare to act in unison like this, it must not be the result of the princes' own discussions, if there is no current support behind this, he can completely beg for bones.

Lin Ruhai also felt the eyes of today.It's not that the sixth prince didn't do anything in the household department. Lin Ruhai chose to suppress his subordinates to cooperate with all their strength - their family didn't lack money, and they couldn't understand the filth of some people in the household department.But he is also an old official, and he knows the truth of being in harmony with the light. As long as those people do not go too far, he will not take the initiative to impeach his subordinates, but the sixth prince's move is right in his heart.

So don't look at the courtiers talking about it, but the household department did not participate in it.At least Lin Ruhai herself will not stand up to impeach the sixth prince.

"Shen Qing, what do you think?" Now that Xueshi Shen and Lin Ruhai are as immovable as a mountain, he directly called Xueshi Shen's name.

Bachelor Shen stood out of court, bowed towards the present, and said, "Princes have just arrived at the ministry and worked hard, and found something wrong and pointed it out, hoping that the ministries will operate better. This is the loyalty of the princes to the saint. Guaranteed to run smoothly, thinking about things in a slow manner, so as not to make the various ministries run smoothly, it is also the reason why the leaders of the ministries are attentive to the king's affairs."

It's really an old fox.In his mouth, both sides are loyal people, and neither side can offend.Now I smiled secretly in my heart, it seems that Shen Yue didn't tell Xueshi Shen about this matter, if you know that the princes are so radical, it's all the idea of ​​that grandson you don't want him to be promising, can you still say such a thing?

"The sixth child also found some problems in the household department. Lin Ruhai, aren't you worried that the household department is not running smoothly?" Now call Lin Ruhai's name again.

Shen Xueshi voluntarily returned to the court, and Lin Ruhai stood up and replied: "The sixth prince is determined to forge ahead, and the thing he pointed out does exist. The minister has been in the household department for many years, but he is not as good as the sixth prince. I feel ashamed and apologize. It’s too late. If the Household Department can really correct the things that the Sixth Prince pointed out one by one, it won’t be long before the Household Department will have a new look.”

The sixth prince gave Lin Ruhai a grateful look, and decided to ask the concubine to send some good things to his sister's house.Mr. Shen Yue sees far, and really supports his work.

The smile on today's face is even bigger: "So, do you think the princes have done nothing wrong?"

Lin Ruhai said: "The princes are indeed impatient in their actions, but their original intentions are good. If they can be pushed forward one by one, it will be more beneficial to the operation of all departments."

Jinjin nodded, and slipped the eldest prince out: "Boss, what do you think?"

The eldest prince said that the brothers did the right thing - this idea was thought up by Shen Yue, his father gave the order, the brothers are just the ones to execute, what's wrong with it?If he said there was a mistake, could it be that his father's order was wrong?

However, he also agrees with Lin Ruhai's idea of ​​pushing away one division after another, thinking that in this way, the shortcomings can be dug out deeper, and it is easier to assign the affairs of that division to other divisions to do the work of whichever division is found.

Satisfied now, the elder son is more thoughtful than the younger sons, this is a good idea to break through.Lin Ruhai didn't know that he counted all the ideas he shattered today as the great prince's merits, and even if he knew, he didn't care - what he said today was equivalent to offending most of the courtiers, and he might be impeached tomorrow becomes himself.

Although the last wave of today's big hand made the sons follow the boss's idea, each department and department should come to check and plug the loopholes and continue to plug the loopholes, but the princes are still a little embarrassed: It's better than not knowing. Bicai found out that his skills were inferior to others.Together, the brothers made a group of courtiers gossip, even if the final result was okay, it was because the father and elder brother withstood the pressure.

The eldest prince brought a few brothers to find his life mentor, and Shen Yue already knew about the impeachment of the princes.He didn't think there was anything wrong with the impeachment of the princes. Look, this is the world of interests. Don't look at the courtiers who are more polite and courteous than the other when they see the princes. But it touched their own hearts. In terms of benefits, the prince can follow suit.

"It's not a bad thing." Shen Yue directly set the tone for the princes: "The courtiers dare to join the princes, they always have the guts."

When the death of Wen admonishes Wu to fight to the death, who knows who really dares to look directly at death when there is no time to die?Both involved life and death, so it can be seen that the princes really touched the interests of some people.

The Ninth Prince was not convinced: "They dare to look down on our brothers, it's just that they look at the father and think more about the big brother, and think we can't do anything to them. Otherwise, if the big brother said one step at a time, they wouldn't dare to fart. .”

Shen Yue looked at him, and nodded unexpectedly: "The Ninth Prince is right, those people have indeed reported such thoughts. Now, does the Ninth Prince want to compete with the First Prince?"

Hey, do you know what you're talking about, or are you saying it in front of the boss?Even the Eldest Prince is upset, obviously this Shen Yue has helped him a lot, why is he still instigating his brothers to fight with him now?

Shen Yue looked at the princes with different faces, smiled slightly, and even picked up a book and turned a page, as if to give them time to think.The third prince has already tried it, and he knows how much he weighs. He smiled at Shen Yue and said, "Why do you test us, just tell us your idea."

Only then did Shen Yue put down the book in his hand, and looked at the other princes: "You think so too?"

At this time, among the eight princes in the house, those above the sixth prince were all older than Shen Yue, and even if the other three were younger than him, they were only one or two years younger than him, yet they all turned their eyes to Shen Yue, waiting for him To tell the truth, it seems a little weird.

This is how they get along, Shen Yue himself didn't realize that there was something wrong, and intentionally raised his voice: "If the princes can really do what the third prince said, why should those courtiers be afraid!"

Seeing that they were puzzled, Shen Yue explained to them: "Those courtiers dared to attack the princes like this, but let the eldest prince stay out of the matter. One reason is that the eldest prince has not been in any department to watch affairs, so they can't criticize him. Another point , that is to pick, they want to pick the relationship between several princes and the eldest prince!"

"Because they are betting that the royal family has no family affection, no brotherhood, no brotherly support!" Shen Yue made three ruthless throws in a row, which shocked the hearts of the princes. How dangerous it is now when they are in power, has already They still know a thing or two as they remember things, and it is not unheard of how those uncles and their father are intriguing.

Now, their brothers have almost no desire to fight, are those people going to pick them up to fight?

Shen Yue nodded affirmatively: "They just want to alienate the brotherhood of the princes, so that they can fish in troubled waters and take advantage of the conflicts among the princes to seek their own benefits. At that time, whether it is the princes who will deal with the eldest prince together, or If they do their own thing, they all fall into their trap."

"Once they want to seize the throne, the princes don't bother to check their faults, they are still wooing them and giving them benefits so that more people will support you. Think about it, princes, is this the reason?"

Shen Yue has said it so clearly, so why think about it?Except for the eldest prince, the faces of the other seven princes showed anger: "What a despicable method."

"This is just the beginning, and the princes will feel despicable. When the princes are too deep to extricate themselves, they will use all kinds of means to attack brothers, gossip in the back house, and mutilate their children. I still think about it as it is now. , Brothers are discussing to do something together, you give me an idea, I will help you find a way, it is impossible."

Shen Yue patted the table heavily: "When that happens, internal troubles will arise, and foreign troubles will come. Those who see the loss are not convinced, and it is not impossible to think of borrowing the power of foreigners. At that time, the court will be in turmoil, and the common people will suffer. Ann, no matter how many high-yield crops are promoted, they will not be able to reach the people who have no cultivation. It is unknown whether this empire can survive by then."

The Ninth Prince's eyes were red with anger: "Aren't they afraid of the loss of the country, and they don't have their own shelter?"

Silly boy, you are so naive.Shen Yue glanced at him: "During the change of dynasties, is it still rare for the new dynasty to favor the courtiers of the former court?"

Now even the eldest prince is dumbfounded. It turns out that his father's throne cannot guarantee them to withstand the turmoil of the country.Once the country will lose the country, they will be the remnants of the previous dynasty, and they will be hunted down by others, but those courtiers who provoked will continue to be officials of the new dynasty, watching these "remnants of the previous dynasty" being hunted down by others , Maybe he will become the one who leads others to chase and kill him.

"Don't worry, Mr. Shen." The eldest prince stood up and solemnly bowed to Shen Yue, and called him: "Today, I swear in front of Mr. that in the future, brothers will still do what they like to do as they do now. Don't be that person who cooks like a rabbit to death."

The third prince and the remaining younger brothers all bowed to Shen Yue: "My brother will not be provoked by them, so don't waste your painstaking efforts."