Chapter 240 [VIP]

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date="2020-11-30"

title="Chapter 240 [VIP]"

weight="107122"

series = ["I [Imperial] Am Not This Kind of Man"]

mode = "manual"

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Inside the Beginning-of-Creation Palace.

Qin Nuo looked at the Zhezi in his hand again, a little confused. What is this all about!

Just last night, Marquis Nanxiang Hou Pei Tuo led a man to attack a manor of Rui Guo Gong Cui Qian at the head of Taiye Lake.

Yushi’s impeachment Zhezi dealt with this as another fight of the five guards of the Forbidden Army in the capital. Unlike ordinary officers, the two were noble, and they were both ministers whom the emperor trusted and depended on. Therefore, Yushi emphasized that these generals did not defend. Duty, holding on to the status quo of being arrogant. But several other secret memos described the whole thing in detail.

The cause of the incident was that Cui Qian tied up Chen Li. In desperation, Chen Xuan could only go to Pei Ling for help before the night.

Pei Tuo took the elite of the Perak Camp and followed the traces of the incident and quickly found the manor.

It is said that Cui Qian's manor manager refused to open the door at that time. As a result, Pei Tuo was not polite at all. He directly stood up with his horse, and his huge horse hooves slammed at the thick gate of the manor. He abruptly kicked two gates several meters high into the air, and fell into the courtyard behind, making a loud noise.

This vigorous posture directly stunned both sides.

Then the people from Perak Camp swarmed in. The manor servants guarding the door were dispersed.

There were not many people with Pei Tuo on this trip, all of them were elite. The guards in Cui Qian's Manor are obviously not opponents, but they win in the crowd. When the two sides are in a quarrel.

Chen Li walked out by himself and settled the dispute.

What did Cui Qian do to toss Chen Li? Qin Nuo wondered.

Since the Chen Xuan brothers returned, there have been some courtiers in the DPRK who were dissatisfied with their brothers. All of them were killed in the epidemic. However, because the emperor himself gave the Chen brothers special shelter and rewards several times, they did not dare to act rashly.

After all, the Chen Xuan brothers are different from Nanchen Xungui, who was defeated and captured into Beijing before, and they are considered surrender. The placement of the surrendered has always indicated the imperial court's heart and soul. So at least on the face of it, no one pushes too much.

Did Cui Qian have no deep hatred with Chen Li before?

Cui Qian did not defend himself against the impeachment of several yushi, and the two parents, Pei Ling and Chen Xuan, did not say anything.

This turmoil was regarded as an ordinary fight, and gradually disappeared in the silent silence of both sides.

In the late spring and early summer, the weather is getting hotter day by day.

In the Beginning-of-Creation Palace, Qin Nuo is walking around an ingenious wooden machine, and several officials from the Division of Gewu are introducing them.

Huo Youjuan and Dongbo are all beside, listening curiously.

This is an improved loom newly produced by Gewu Division. It combines the machines Qin Nuo brought back from Shunyuan before, as well as several types of equipment collected by the private sector, comprehensive strengths, and harvested versions.

Dongbo personally tried it out, "It's less labor-saving than the previous loom, but it's still easy to jam. If you are skilled, it should be better."

Qin Nuo was still satisfied with the overall effect, and ordered several officials to continue to improve the deficiencies, while simplifying the production process, a group of palace officials lifted the loom.

"The emperor actually values ​​these textile tools so much." Huo Youjuan smiled.

It is precisely because of Qin Nuo’s attention that he can produce results so quickly. Since returning to Beijing, Qin Nuo immediately put this project on the agenda, and ordered the Department of Gewu to gather skilled craftsmen to study quickly, so in just a few months There is a big breakthrough.

"This thing will be of great use to my governance of the world for decades to come."

Huo Youjuan raised her head and looked at him, feeling that these words had no meaning.

Qin Nuo smiled and said, "Moreover, if this thing can be popular, it will greatly benefit the advancement of women's status in the future."

The economic foundation determines the superstructure. In ancient Chinese history, the status of women was improved in the Jiangnan area during the Ming and Qing dynasties. This is because the weaving industry in the Jiangnan area was developed. Many women went out to work or run a weaving workshop at home, which became the main source of income for a family. , Will naturally be valued by the family.

The promotion of women's status is far from enough simply by the dissemination of some cultural books. In this era, only a small number of ordinary people are literate, and even fewer among women. Although before, Qin Nuo also expressed many stories of women's self-improvement in the form of folklore or drama. But after all, it can only be imperceptibly spiritual. The real change requires actual results.

Convenient tools can greatly promote the development of the textile industry and improve people's living standards. During the Song Dynasty, Huang Daopo's merits are boundless.

In addition, the promotion of women's status is not only Qin Nuo's long-cherished wish, but also a moral government in terms of long-term governance.

Because of the introduction of high-yield crops such as corn and sweet potato, the Zhou Dynasty that I was in had a much larger population than the Tang and Song Dynasties in ancient history. If the Little Ice Age really came, too fast population growth would be a hidden danger. It is impossible to imagine what the people who can't eat enough can do.

When the status of women rises and they go out to make money, the reproduction of the population will automatically decline. This is an irreversible law in any society.

Therefore, Qin Nuo attaches great importance to the improvement of weaving equipment, and it can extend from weaving equipment to more industries, gradually establishing factories, and making society develop faster.

Huo Youjuan nodded, thought for a moment, and then became worried again: "If the women in the world use more sophisticated and convenient tools to weave cloth, the price of the fabric will be reduced by the amount of the cloth. If one person stays day and night, so Those who can get it only cost a few dozen cents, and what's more, the hard-woven fabric is nowhere to be sold and no one wants to buy it. What should I do?"

Qin Nuo was stunned. She was able to think of the distant future of overcapacity and economic crisis just when she mentioned process improvement. My little daughter-in-law is really brilliant.

He smiled and said: "This requires the imperial court to contribute to the people. Guangkai Sea Trade is for this purpose. Through a wider trade, we will sell our brocade silk cloth, paper pen and ink. Then we will bring gold from foreign countries. Silver jewellery and ore specialties are rich in the people. Well, the domestic goods channels need to be further unblocked. I will build roads and dig canals in the future."

Huo Youjuan suddenly realized: "It's no wonder that the emperor is asking the Ministry of Household to reorganize the "Fish Scale Atlas" and "Soldier Fu" these days."

"Fish Scale Atlas" is an archive of the imperial court to measure the world's land, while "Bing Fu" is a population.

Counting the world’s land and population is a big project. Even in a modern society with advanced information technology, it will take many years to complete. It was even more backward in ancient times. The existing "Fish Scale Atlas" in the imperial court is still counted during the Taiqing Dynasty more than 30 years ago, and Qin Nuo plans to re-statistics in recent years.

As for "Bing Fu An", it is even more cheating. In ancient times, there was no complete population statistics at all. Most of them were based on one household as a unit for recruiting military service and labor. In the distant future, hope to have more detailed population data.

"It's all troublesome government affairs. Fortunately, there are many officials from the Ministry of Households. A few days ago, Jiang Qingyun's table of acres was made very properly, the numbers are accurate, and the classification of land is more appropriate." Qin Nuo said with a smile.

Huo Youjuan said: "The emperor just summoned this person at the Beginning-of-Creation Palace today. I heard that Mr. Jiang has been serving in the local government for decades, and his political achievements must be outstanding."

Qin Nuo smiled bitterly, "I look at his government affairs over the years, I am afraid it is only mediocre, otherwise it will not be a Qingzhou Zhizhou who is nearly 50 years old. However, this time he was transferred to the household department. Dazzling, maybe this person is not good at local government affairs."

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Jiang Qingyun, the newly appointed household member, came out of the palace and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Hubu Shangshu Ma Xingbang said with a smile: "You are also very articulate. Why is it that you have a rare opportunity to be so clumsy today that you can't even answer a few questions asked by the emperor himself?"

Jiang Qingyun is a fat middle-aged man with a normal appearance. He laughed dryly: "The saint is so majestic, and the subordinates feel terrified when they see it, and their brains are full of things."

"You." Ma Xingbang shook his head and smiled bitterly. "You have stayed outside for a long time. I don't know that the emperor's temperament is the most kind. Even if there are occasional omissions in words, I will not mind. You can relax in the future.

"As of today, if other officials dealt with mistakes like this, the emperor would have long been furious, and even suspected that you did not do the book before, but asked someone to catch a knife..."

Jiang Qingyun shivered suddenly, and almost threw away all the books in his hand. After a while, he looked up and saw his boss's expression flat, and then quietly let go.

Back to the office of the Ministry of Households, Jiang Qingyun walked around in his room impetuously, and finally sat down in front of the chair for a long time and read a few books.

The words are so boring that people look dizzy. He threw it aside impatiently, and watched it miss the hour when he was off work. He called an attendant, pointed to the two thick stacks of official books on the table, and said, "Take them all away, Lord, I will bring them back tonight. Deal with it at home."

The attendant answered, this is the normal state of these days, and skilfully went forward to pack the books.

Finally it was time to get off work, and Jiang Qingyun came out of the office.

On the way, I met a colleague from the Ministry of Households, and saw the attendants behind him carrying the heavy cage, and they all greeted with a smile: "Master Jiang, this is to take the official business home and stay up late to handle it. I really do my duty. I can't wait."

Jiang Qingyun wiped his sweat and said with a smile: "It's just diligence to make up for the awkwardness. I have just been in contact with these not long ago, and I am not familiar with it."

"It's not too short. Brother Jiang has been back for several months." The colleague laughed.

Another colleague patted Jiang Qingyun on the shoulder: "That's right, Brother Jiang, don't be humble. Who doesn't know that your previous performance is in line with your wishes, I am afraid that it will be just around the corner. A few months of effort will have such an achievement. I’m really ashamed of the old man I’ve been waiting for for more than ten years."

The envy and jealousy of the people are just plain words. Since the re-editing of "Fish Scale Atlas" in the past few months, the pressure on the household department has increased sharply, and there are countless tedious things. Many people have been busy all night, but only this new guy who has been here for three months has achieved outstanding results.

Jiang Qingyun gave a haha, and hurried out of the office with the attendants.

Returned to the Jiang family ancestor house at the north end of Qingyunfang in the carriage.

The wife greeted her with a few concubines.

Jiang Qingyun glanced around his wife. Although she was thirty-seven years old, the woman from Nanchen Mingmen was still slender and beautiful, with a graceful and quiet temperament.

When her husband saw that there was something wrong with her eyes, Ye Rou secretly wondered, but did not reveal it. She graciously took over Jiang Qingyun's coat and said softly: "Master is back."

Four months ago, Jiang Qingyun, who was sent to Qingzhou as an official, finally reached the term of office and returned to the capital to work in the household department.

Since their husbands and wives got married, they got together less and more, and finally reached the moment of reunion, but Ye Rou felt that her life was not easy, but rather distressed.

Jiang Qingyun let out an "um", ignoring the bright or dark winks and small movements of the concubines behind, and followed his wife into the main house.

Jiang Qingyun feels very complicated for this wife.

A few years ago, he was widowed and planned to continue, but because the Jiang family has fallen, he can only be called mediocre regardless of his talents or appearance. He is in his forties and a civil official from the fifth rank. It's impossible to fly in this life. In addition, there are also a few concubines under the knees.

The object of the repetition, in the capital of Dazhou, can only find some concubines who are not waiting for the little official. He doesn't like this kind of small family, and Mrs. Jiang doesn't like it even more. Although the old lady is very old, she likes to take out the deeds of the third-generation second-class men of Jiang's family. Although Jiang Qingyun's generation has no knighthood, the wife still remembers the glory of the past.

Picking and picking, tossing for more than two years, in the end he chose the daughter of Mi State Ye's daughter of Nanchen scholarly family.

After the death of Nanchen, the daughters of many nobles could only be concubines with others. But the Ye family is different from the ordinary Nanchen clan. Their family has long served in the Great Zhou Dynasty. There was also a contribution to the city back then, so now there are some people in the clan serving in the court.

At first he had doubts about the marriage with the Ye family, but after seeing the sister of the patriarch who had lived in widows for several years, he immediately had no doubts. Although he was nearly 30 years old, Ye Rou was still born very bright. The quiet and elegant temperament more reveals the background of reading poetry, not to mention that the Ye family is a wealthy Mi State, Ye Rou also has a generous dowry.

When he first married, Jiang Qingyun was extremely satisfied with his wife, and even Ye Rou was pregnant soon.

Since when did this feeling become awkward? Probably after I found out that the article I corrected for my younger son was rated as acceptable by the great scholar of Bailu Academy, and the occasional article that my wife corrected for the younger son was praised by the great scholar of the college.

He is tired of illiterate women and feels vulgar and vulgar, so he doesn't like those small-minded concubines. But a woman who is so smart that she is ten times stronger than her own essays and poems still feels unhappy in her heart.

However, before this uneasiness had time to vent, he was transferred out, and for a few years, the husband and wife gathered together and separated more.

Entering the room, Ye Rou was a little surprised seeing her husband still staring at her, and asked in a low voice, "Husband?"

Jiang Qingyun came back to his senses and snorted coldly, "It's all good things you did!"

Ye Rou was shocked: "What's wrong? But the previous concubine's calculations for the master are wrong?"

Before Jiang Qingyun was transferred to the household department, the emperor had to re-measure the land in the world and compile the "Fish Scale Atlas" when the emperor spoke. The household department is very busy. Of course, Jiang Qingyun has to be more diligent when joining the new job. Piansheng is extremely tired of these boring official duties, and is far more efficient than others. He is busy during the day and can only take home to work at night.

One day, Ye Rou came to bring him tea. Seeing what he had calculated, she noticed a major omission at a glance. She hesitated and couldn't help but remind her. From this time, Jiang Qingyun discovered that his wife was extremely good at these tedious government affairs, with keen thoughts and careful calculations.

With the idea of ​​being lazy, he did not hesitate to hand over the affairs of taking home to his wife to help.

Ye Rou had no choice but to intervene in these papers, not long before they did it very well. Even taking Jiang Qingyun in the household department was well received, and even Master Minister looked at him differently.

It was an unexpected joy to be able to go up to the sky and attract the emperor to summon.

The emperor’s questions in the Beginning-of-Creation Palace today all point to the core. Jiang Qingyun had long heard that the emperor was young and intelligent, and he thought it was a routine flattery by his colleagues. At the age of sixteen or seventeen, he is a noble prince, so how can he be good at these boring things.

Unexpectedly, the emperor was so good at household affairs and arithmetic. He couldn't answer a few questions at all. Those were all made by his wife for him!

Thinking of his panic-stricken performance at the time, and looking at his wife with low eyebrows in front of him, Jiang Qingyun suddenly became angry.

"You dare to quibble. It was because you made a mess today and arbitrarily divided the fields into different categories, which led to today's disaster."

"This is divided into ten categories to facilitate the summary calculation, and it is only a supplement to the previous classification method, not a change..." Ye Rou defended in a low voice.

"Shut up!" Jiang Qingyun shouted sharply.

He took a quick breath, stared at his wife, and said: "No matter, there are still some chores in the yamen today. I have a terrible headache. You can take a look for me first."

Ye Rou was stunned. She scolded herself for not doing well just now, but now she wants to watch it by herself?

But she was submissive by nature, and she didn't dare to argue, she bowed her head and said, "The concubine body knows. But, this time, please tell me how to deal with it."

Jiang Qingyun coughed: "Follow your previous method first."

Ye Rou raised her head in surprise: "Didn't the master just say..."

"It's nothing!" Jiang Qingyun roared, "You are already classified like this! What else can you do next, hurry up!"

After swearing sternly, Jiang Qingyun said angrily: "I'm going to Wan'er's place, don't delay."

Ye Rou lowered her head.

Jiang Qingyun came out of the main house, flicked his sleeves and went to the back room. Naturally, there were charming concubines waiting to serve him. This trip back from Qingzhou, he also brought two beautiful concubines, three new concubines and one concubine.