[Red Mansion] Marrying a wife like jade

Because Shen Yue felt that Lin Ruhai was eccentric, he was provoked by his father when he returned home, and then his own daughter-in-law didn't feel sympathetic to him, and was kicked out of the house by an ancient nanny. His anger had no place to vent, and the Ninth Prince was lucky to die Immortal spoke sarcastic remarks to him.

How could Shen Yue bear this?Facing the Ninth Prince who dared to show a hooligan aura to him, Shen Yue told him directly with the facts, what is a real hooligan!

If you want long-term peace and stability, let's have children. If you have more children, you will have long-term peace and stability.

Such a grotesque theory, not to mention the princes, even ordinary people would not believe it - the princes would not believe it!They have seen their parents cheating, and it's not like they haven't thought about it a few years ago.This is caused by too many children. If there is only one prince in a palace, see if there are so many things.

Now Shen Yue said to let them have more children, if the princes believed it, they would be called ghosts.So everyone looked at Shen Yue fixedly, and asked him to give himself an explanation.

Whoever Shen Yue is, the dead can be said to be alive.In fact, it's not for nothing that he read the files in the official department these days. He has a more comprehensive understanding of this empire, and he also realizes the importance of people!

There is no way, the current productivity is too low, and many things can only be done by a pile of people.However, due to natural disasters and man-made disasters, this empire is really not the most populous country in his previous life, so he cannot enjoy the demographic dividend.That's why he proposed to let the princes lead by example to have more children.

"But," the eldest prince himself was a little embarrassed to say, "I see what Mr. Shen means, and he doesn't value the bastard very much."

Shen Yue nodded without hesitation: "Indeed, I think it's a bad habit for men to accept concubines and receive housing. You must know that men and women have a fixed number in this world, and powerful people use their power and money to accept concubines and receive housing. As a result, other men who have no rights and no money can only be singled out. However, most of the concubines in various prefectures are raised and abandoned, which is not beneficial to the country and is not conducive to population reproduction."

There is such a theory?The princes think this is fallacy.But Shen Yue smiled wretchedly at them: "You princes have a lot of pets, maybe you can guarantee that you will be energetic every night without resorting to medicine?"

The faces of the six princes who are already married are all green. Who, who is this? He agreed to be his life mentor, so he taught himself this?But they didn't dare to think about it, after all, none of them dared to say that they could really sing every night.

"There is only so much land, the population is too numerous, and the land production is limited, how can we support ourselves?" The fifth prince, who was in the household department, said that he was not in the household department for nothing, and he could talk to Shen Yue on an equal footing academically.

Shen Yue smiled disapprovingly: "The fifth prince thinks that the promotion of high-yield crops, as well as the agricultural books and planting manuals requested by the ministers, are all useless efforts?" The future yield per mu can be expected, and more people can be fed.

"But the population has multiplied, not only food, but also clothing, and work to do." The seventh prince also thought a lot.

"Which peasant woman doesn't know how to weave? By the way, the Seventh Prince's experiment in the Ministry of Industry is effective? It should have been finished years ago." Shen Yue didn't think it was a problem.

The Seventh Prince lacked confidence: "The experiment of the Ministry of Industry is still a little bit worse, and the manpower is a little short."

"But here again." Shen Yue patted the table lightly: "If there are many people, some talents can always be selected from them."

The princes always felt that these reasons were far-fetched, but they couldn't think of how to refute them.The third prince, who claimed to be a romantic poet, asked the question that all the princes wanted to ask but dared not ask: "What about the women who have already been brought into the mansion?"

What can be done?Shen Yue rolled his eyes at him directly: "This matter has to be figured out slowly, and it depends on each person's own plan." Not all women in this world want to be self-reliant and self-improving, some are willing to be dodder flowers and get something for nothing Yes, he doesn't do such thankless things.

The princes obviously breathed a sigh of relief, but they also knew that Mr. Xiao Shen really didn't want to see concubines. It seemed that he had to pay more attention in the future.If one is not good, because a bastard let him miss it, he will have endless shoes.

Seeing that Shen Yue couldn't come up with any more ideas, the eldest prince changed the subject: "I heard that you went to Zhong'anhou's mansion today, but you returned to your own mansion angrily, what's the matter?" Is it Lin? The bachelor scolded you, punished you?Don't hold it, let's talk about it and let us have fun together.

Facing a group of princes who wanted to watch the excitement, Shen Yue really explained what happened to Brother Kuan in detail, and finally said earnestly: "So the princes should also pay attention to their interactions with people, not all People are like ministers, with kindness in their hearts.”

The eldest prince knew that he intended to point out one of his younger sisters to Lin Cheng, but he didn't expect that someone wanted to cut him off again!The last time the old prince cut off his husband, it was because of his seniority, and even a small Dali Temple Shaoqing dared to make a move, so he really took his own face seriously.No, I have to let my father know about this, and I can't be cut off again.

Now hearing the first prince entering the palace at night to report to himself, his face also became gloomy: "How dare you plot against the court's important officials, this Liu Shaoqing has a good plan." Then asked the eldest prince Shen Yueke if he had any good ideas.

The First Prince himself felt that Shen Yue's words were unreliable, but he didn't hide it for him, and told everything about the conversation between his brother and Shen Yue in the afternoon that he heard today.Who knew that after a moment of contemplation, he nodded his head: "This matter of taking a concubine is indeed a hindrance to peace. Forget it, this year's draft should be cancelled."

The eldest prince really hoped that he was a errand, and he also hoped that he could change his mind now - the annual draft is not only to choose someone for him, but also for their brothers.But today's ambition provoked by Shen Yue's map cannot be resisted by a few beautiful girls. He resolutely rejected his son's persuasion, and even communicated the news to the queen mother and queen.

The queen mother has no objection: "You are not young anymore, and it is good to have less goblins around you, and it is good to take care of your body." The queen mother was also a member of goblins back then, but now she looks down on those women who are bewitching Qiao Qiao every day.

The queen is only welcome, and what she said is very concerned about the country and the people: "It is said that the sage is rich in the world, and it is reasonable to have a few more people to serve the sage. But the inner court is overpopulated, and the expenditure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is getting bigger every year. If it weren't for the saint's abundant private funds, the concubine's harem would be really hard to manage. Thank you saint for his enlightenment, for understanding the difficulties of the concubine."

Today, he waved his hand indifferently: "When I open my eyes, there are a lot of things waiting for me. I don't have much time to enter the harem. What are so many people doing in the palace? Those who have already entered the palace can't help it. It can still be done. Speaking of this, you'd better get someone to prepare the dowry for the second princess."

The queen was stunned for a while: "Saint, the elders and children are in order, and the marriage of the eldest princess has not yet been decided."

"It also depends on whether the person is suitable or not. You haven't seen that child from the Lin family. Although he can't participate in Chunwei this year, he is really good at learning. The eldest princess has a soft temper, so she is not suitable to be a clan wife."

The queen was speechless: "The princess has her own princess mansion." Can the daughter of the royal family really be a housekeeper for her mother-in-law and set rules for her mother-in-law?

"Look for yourself, how many long-lived people do princesses have in history? How many people live in harmony with their husbands and wives?" I had a chat with Shen Yue today, and I felt that there was some truth in what the boy said: "When a son-in-law enters the princess's mansion, it has always been the first The princess is the princess's husband after the courtiers. If the princess wants to get along with her son-in-law, she has to be summoned, so where is the way for a husband and wife to get along?"

"This time, the nanny that their sisters brought out of the palace, you need to be watched. But I heard that some nanny even accepted the princess's favor before they were willing to let the princess summon the son-in-law. If they don't get the favor, It's hard not to say it, but dare to say that the princess wants a man, shameless!"

The queen has never heard of these things, but the princesses who are married are often not very happy, she still knows: "There is something wrong? Those nuns are just slaves, how dare they control the princess. What? None of the princesses mentioned it to the concubines."

Hearing the queen's words now, she just sneered: "Princesses grow up with gold and jade, and their skins are naturally thinner. How dare you trouble the mother of this country with this matter of getting along in the boudoir."

"Those nuns either grew up with the princess and had a little affection. Or they were arranged by the princess's biological mother, and they could point out the princess's inadequacy in name, so they all pretended to be powerful."

When the empress was mentioned today, she also figured out the key point: "That's right, it's all because the concubines were negligent, and the princesses were wronged."

Now I don't need to care about my aunts or sisters, but I still don't want my daughter to be bullied by some old slaves, so I said to the queen, "I am also thinking about your family."

The queen was a little puzzled: "My family?"

Jinjin nodded: "You said just now that the eldest princess has reached her age. Although she has a softer temper, she can marry your youngest nephew. In this way, the second princess's wedding date can be set later, and you can also prepare for it." Take it easy."

This is the first time the queen has been told to let her nephew, Princess Shang.My nephew knew it himself, because he was the youngest in the family, so no one forced him to study. He heard that if he was forced to take the imperial examination, he would be favored by the examiners if he got a second-class exam.

Now that you can be a princess, no matter how the imperial examinations are in the future, you will not have a future. The relationship with the royal family is closer, which can make the family a higher level.The empress was so happy that she immediately knelt down to thank the present, but was held up by the present: "You and I are one, why are we making such a fuss? If your good son-in-law finds out, he will torment my son again."

Toss it, the empress thinks that it is better for Shen Yue to toss the princes more, so that everyone has something to do, and they can't think of thinking about the throne at all.But I still want to thank him for this kindness: "My little nephew is not outstanding, and the saint bestowed the marriage, I am afraid that I have wronged the eldest princess."

Now I think of my conversation with Shen Yue, and said to the queen: "It was your good son-in-law who reminded me. Over the years, I have wronged you. I dare not even mention my natal family in front of me."

One sentence filled the queen's heart with mixed feelings: "The saint's heart is all over the world, how can the concubine trouble the saint with trivial matters at home."

Today he directly shook his head: "Do you know that for Lin Cheng, Shen Yue can order the three brothers to stand up for Lin Cheng together. It should be because of his heart to treat the affairs of the Yue family as his own that Lin Ruhai treats him like his own son." The same is the son-in-law, I really feel ashamed of myself. Today he told those who are not up to date clearly, saying that he only respects the son-in-law, and blocked those who are not up to date. "

The queen only had a horrified laugh: "This kid is too courageous."

"It's not that he's brave, it's that the Shen family's family style has always been like this." Today he shook his head with a sigh: "He is right in saying that the Shen family and some scholars who don't take concubines, the youngest son died, but it is better than the palace. Much less."

They are all sensible people, and they all know why the youngest son died.Even the empress thought of her daughter whom she had no chance to meet, and from this day on, she regarded Daiyu as her own daughter in her heart.

Just before the sage began to write, the queen mother in the palace entertained all the married royal daughters, and issued a decree to the princesses in public, saying that the son-in-law is the husband of the princesses first, and then the courtiers. See example.The elders of the son-in-law are also the elders of the princess, and the princesses should also go to the house from time to time to say hello to the elders.He also said that if a princess gets married in the future, whether or not to build a princess mansion depends on the princess's own wishes.

After Yi ordered, the princesses were first surprised and then delighted. The courtiers who heard the news thought that the queen mother was using the will to beat the present and pay attention to filial piety, but they didn't know that the present was paving the way for their daughters.

"Sister Yu," the third princess accompanied the two sisters to ask Daiyu for advice: "Is this princess mansion still to be built?"

The two older princesses couldn't ask the question by themselves, but their eyes were fixed on Daiyu.As soon as the Queen Mother Yizhi came out, Shen Yue also discussed the matter with Daiyu, and now he said clearly: "Build, why not build?"

Seeing that the princesses were puzzled, Daiyu sold what Shen Yue said on the spot: "Princesses are willing to show filial piety in front of their elders, which is a good thing. It's just that people's hearts are unpredictable. After a long time, it's hard to guarantee that some people will think The princess has nowhere else to go except their mansion. So this princess mansion must be built, it can be regarded as a retreat for the princess in the future."

In fact, this is the same as modern girls, if they have the ability, they must have a house of their own. After all, people's hearts are unpredictable, and no one knows whether they meet a scumbag or not.

However, Daiyu also looked at the second princess with meaning: "I don't think the second princess's princess mansion will be used." The second princess blushed when she said that.The three princesses already knew that the second princess would marry into the Marquis of Zhongan's mansion, so Daiyu said that, it was like giving the second princess a reassurance.

The seventh prince who is in the Ministry of Industry is not as lucky as the three princesses.For the construction of the princess mansion, the princesses only need to nod or shake their heads, but the seventh prince has to supervise the construction.

As for him, besides supervising the construction of the Princess Mansion, he has other responsibilities: when Gu Ran was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Shen Yue had no intention of getting involved in the affairs of the Ministry of Industry.Now that his uncle is the minister of the Ministry of Industry, why can't Shen Yue take the opportunity to come up with private goods?

It is easy for Shen Yue to take out private goods, but it is difficult for Shen Xin and the Seventh Prince who are in the Ministry of Industry - what Shen Yue brings out are all good things, once the experiment is successful, it will greatly increase the national strength, so the current level of attention Forget it, keep an eye on it.

Now that the attention is tight, the Seventh Prince and Shen Xin can only lead the people from the Ministry of Industry to rush to work day and night, the sooner the test is successful, the sooner the saint can be at ease.But Shen Yue only gave the idea, but couldn't come up with the specific steps of the finished product, so he could only explore bit by bit.

Shen Xin is alright, the Seventh Prince is simply driven around with a small whip every day, and now adding the construction of the Princess Mansion, wouldn't it just be a burden to him?Shen Yue still didn't let him go, insisting that one sheep should be herded and two sheep should be herded, and the matter of building a garden for Daiyu and the others was also handed over to the Seventh Prince.

"If you don't give me Zhang Yi, I won't stay in the Ministry of Industry anymore, just let Shen Shangshu go alone." The Seventh Prince went to the Ministry of Officials without any image, but didn't leave Shen Yue's office.

Shen Yue himself is also very busy. After more than half a year of training, those redundant staff have already arrived at the branch office to set off. He and the fifth prince are required to check who will go where, whether they are competent, and how to carry out their work. , I don't have the time to play lip service with the Seventh Prince here.

"Okay, take it away if you can." Shen Yue replied quite simply.

The Seventh Prince would not be fooled: "Without you, would Zhang Yi come with me?" The Seventh Prince knew that he was a stubborn bull, even though he was the one who brought people to Shen Yue at the beginning, now he only listens to Shen Yue alone. life.

Shen Yue couldn't rely on the seventh prince, so he had to call Zhang Yi over and confess: "The three princesses are golden branches and jade leaves, and they are all on good terms with my wife, so you can rest assured when you go and see me. There is also the garden, when my wife goes there in the future Quite a lot, you have to take care of me."

Without saying a word, Zhang Yi directly stated that he would do his best to supervise him well, and smoke out the seven orifices of the seven princes who want to be loved.

As soon as the seventh prince was sent away, the ninth prince came to make trouble again, saying that among the redundant staff he taught, there were a few talented people who were very skilled in magic. Can you prevent them from going to various places to teach and stay in the capital as you like? Then teach the new ones.

Shen Yue was not good at making decisions about this matter, he only said to let the Ninth Prince ask the saint for instructions.But the Ninth Prince said that the sage had already said that Shen Yue alone had the final say on how to distribute the redundant staff.

So there was a sound of bargaining in Shen Yue's office, and the petty officials outside heard the cries of three, five, and seven inside, as well as the sound of slapping the table and smashing the bench, and quietly went to ask Wang Shangshu to rescue him. field.

Wang Shangshu couldn't afford to offend either of these two people, so he had to pretend that he didn't exist.In the end, it was the fifth prince who came forward, took full advantage of his elder brother, and begged Shen Yue nicely, and finally left five available people for the ninth prince, and then he gave up.

But Shen Yue didn't know that it was the Ninth Prince's retention that left the embryonic form of the Imperial Normal College and created a precedent for the construction of the Imperial College.At this time, he could only call out to the Fifth Prince: "Five people, Fifth Prince, you are so generous. There is no instruction in the five mansions at once. How can this gap be filled? Others found out that the five of them could stay in Beijing, What should I say?"

The fifth prince, who has already experienced training, is very calm: "There are also a few outstanding officials among the donated officials. Let them make up for the lack of teaching. As for those who are not convinced, just let them show their strengths and impress all departments. We want people here, and we let them go."

Are you stupid?Shen Yue couldn't believe that after teaching for so long, the fifth prince still dared to ask various ministries to come to them to ask for someone.The fifth prince couldn't bear his gaze, and reminded him: "By the end of last year, the posts of each department had been confirmed. If you want someone again, you have to squeeze out the existing ones. Where are the people who were able to stay when the redundant staff was abolished?" It’s so easy to get squeezed out.”

Shen Yue patted himself on the head, thinking that he must have been dizzy from being busy during this time, and he had to be reminded by the fifth prince for such a simple truth.

The fifth prince left Shen Yue's office contentedly, went to meet his third brother, saw the third prince's constipated face, felt that there was something good to see, turned around and followed the third prince back to the office.

Shen Yue didn't even need the third prince to speak, and said directly: "Did you discuss it today?"

The third prince was about to cry: "Lao Jiu actually put down the pick, and didn't care about the affairs of the Ministry of Rites at all. The eldest brother said that I have nothing to do in the Imperial College, so let me take care of it. But seeing that the spring is about to start, the Imperial College also has candidates, and the Ministry of Rites also has no choice. In the ceremony, where can I have both."

"That's not it," Shen Yue patted himself on the head again: "It's going to be the Spring Festival, and I have to forget about it. Fifth prince, the younger brother of the minister will also participate in the Spring Festival this time, and I will take a few days off to accompany you. Chen's younger brother, otherwise he will cry if he fails the exam." As he spoke, he lifted his foot and was about to walk outside.

The fifth prince who wanted to watch the fun, didn't expect that when he came back, he would witness Shen Yue skipping work.He hurriedly stepped forward to stop Shen Yue who was about to leave: "You can't take the imperial examination for your brother, the official department is busy now, you can't go back."

Shen Yue is confident and confident: "The sage has something to say, I came to the official department just to help. There are five princes sitting in the official department, Wang Shangshu guards the gate, so there is nothing wrong with the minister. Besides, the brother of the minister is always timid, and there is no minister to accompany him They didn’t even dare to enter the examination room.”

Shameless, the fifth prince has never seen such a shameless person.Why is his brother cowardly, a cowardly person can break into Liu Shaoqing's mansion, and let people hand in a letter of resignation early?

"Anyway, you can't leave." The fifth prince firmly held the belief that he would not let anyone go, and just stopped in front of Shen Yue, refusing to give in even a single step.The third prince also knew that Shen Yue could not be let go at this time: "Your brother is a brother, so what about our brothers?" We all call you Mr.

Shen Yue was unmoved: "Your family has more brothers than ours. Isn't the eighth prince all right in Taipu Temple? Go find him and ask him to help."

That's right, the fifth prince and the third prince looked at each other, and ran towards the door, wanting to snatch the eighth prince into their hands first.Shen Yue looked at the backs of the two of them, patted the non-existing dust on his official robes, and tidied up the things on the desk before Shi Shiran went back to the mansion to accompany "Brother Xun".

Daiyu looked at Shen Yue who was dangling in front of her eyes, and felt a little dizzy: "Didn't Brother Ai say he was accompanying Brother Xun?" What are you dangling here?

Shen Yue smiled all over his face: "He is accompanied by his brother, let them be his own companions." After finally skipping a shift, who would have the patience to accompany those two brats.

Daiyu was also speechless.Mrs. Fang couldn't see it, and scolded the eldest son: "Yu'er and I talked well, but you don't know what to say when you come. Why don't you hurry up and see how the two of them are cleaning up, you super big brother Don't care about them now."