On New Year's Eve, there was a heavy snowfall in Beijing.
The snow was so thick that some villages close to the capital were affected.
The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works worked overtime overnight, and other corresponding departments also got busy, trying their best to ensure that the problems of these victims were resolved before the New Year, so that His Majesty would not have a bad New Year.
The emperor has said that if these things are not handled and resolved, they will not have a holiday during the New Year, and everyone will go to court every day to study these things!
The emperor is a rare emperor who is sober, so what he wants to deal with and solve is not just to fool around, but to put things into practice.
Where will the victims be placed?
How is the house arranged?
Is there any problem with eating it?
Are there any cases of infection?
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Ask all kinds of questions every day.
Because of this incident, recently in the court, all the officials, big and small, feel that their skin is extremely tight and they dare not loosen it for a moment, for fear that if they loosen it, the emperor will catch them in the wrong place, and then go and eat and live with the victims to experience it.
Not to mention that His Majesty cannot do this, several officials have already had the honor of being personally arranged by His Majesty to do such a job.
Those officials themselves were not reliable in their work, and they thought they could get away with it by fooling them.
As a result, there is nothing at the Emperor's feet that can deceive His Majesty?
Therefore, after they were found out, they were demoted and then ate and lived with the victims.
His Majesty's original words were: "Since they can't feel the same way, I will let them experience it for themselves. I think it will be something they will never forget!"
This heavy hammer knocked all the officials out of their minds. No one dared to fool anyone, so they all went about their work honestly.
The heavy snow on New Year's Eve did not melt until New Year's Eve.
After all, it’s really cold in Beijing. This year’s charcoal prices are a few cents more expensive because of the heavy snow.
Dong Nuan has not been idle recently. In addition to daily gifts and socializing, there is also the issue of helping to resettle the victims.
Her village was very large. In addition to the place where the master's family lived, there were dozens of rooms where other servants and long-term workers lived.
Therefore, after taking in some of the victims, she had enough food in her village, plus there was food relief from the court for disaster relief, so she didn't need too much winter warmth subsidy.
Of course, she didn’t get the subsidy for nothing.
All the victims who were accepted by Zhuangzi and who were willing to receive food relief from her signed a deed, and they had to stay at Zhuangzi throughout the New Year and work for her in exchange for food money!
For the victims who have lost their farmland, this is not a burden, but a stable future.
At least, within a short period of time, they no longer need to be displaced and become refugees!
The New Year has arrived amid gunfire.
Although there were some disasters, the New Year celebrations were not affected because of the good resettlement.
On New Year's Eve, Dong Nuan asked his servants to pick some fresh vegetables from the farm.
In addition to making dumplings, they also prepare pot-shabu-shabu.
On such a cold day, it is very comfortable to sit around a steaming pot.
This year’s New Year, I didn’t go to Cao Mansion in the warm winter.
Last year, because they were away from winter to spring, I was all alone, and the people of Cao Mansion were still distressed.
But this year my family came, and the Cao Mansion also invited them to come.
But Dong Nuan thought about it and refused.
There are many people in the Cao Mansion, and although the family doesn't pay that much attention, there are still quite a few rules that need to be paid attention to.
Wu's family didn't adapt well to winter, spring and winter, so they rejected Dongnuan.
The Cao Mansion doesn't care about this. Again, no one in the family cares about this. Where to celebrate the New Year depends entirely on personal wishes, as long as it's comfortable.
Hanjianglou did not return home until the evening of the day before New Year's Eve.
The Imperial College has a total of four days off during the New Year, and you have to go back to study on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.
After all, in the new year, the provincial examination begins, which is held once every three years. Many students are about to fail, and everyone is under great pressure. As the highest institution of higher education, the Imperial College has always been strict in teaching, so it is naturally impossible to take more holidays.
It's just that the college examination and the provincial examination overlap in the same year. This happens from time to time.
There are two exams in three years, such as county exams, government exams, and college exams. Which two years out of three years they are taken depends on the arrangement of the court.
Originally, the college examination should be scheduled this year, so that students who pass the examination can directly take the provincial examination in the new year. If they are talented, they can go all the way.
But last summer, several prefectures were hit by locust plagues, and the situation was quite serious, so His Majesty devoted all his attention to disaster relief, and the college examinations were moved directly to the next year.
Then it happened with the provincial examination.
There is something wrong with this arrangement.
That is, students who were able to pass the college examination to be a scholar could be dismissed after the Chinese New Year, but students who directly took the provincial examination had to wait another three years.
However, the emperor obviously also realized this situation.
Therefore, he adjusted the time of the college examination and moved it directly to June.
In this way, after the results are released, students who have passed the exam can still take the exam.
As for the college examination, since it is an examination for each prefecture, the time can be decided by oneself, and the imperial court only limits an approximate time.
The time here in Beijing is June.
After careful calculation, there is only half a year left.
Moreover, if you pass the college examination, you will have to take the exam directly without any leisure!
Because, the provincial examination starts on the ninth day of August!
In fact, Hanjiang Tower's requirements were very low at the beginning, and he was aware of his own level.
Therefore, he thought that it would be enough if he could pass the examination as a scholar.
If you fail the test once, take the test several more times.
Anyway, the college examinations are held twice every three years, so he should work hard.
Of course, I don't plan to take the exam for the rest of my life. If I still fail, the Han family has now solved the problem. At worst, he will give up literature and join the martial arts, and give Dongnuan a brilliant future.
He was able to fight in his previous life, and he can do it in this life too!
After returning from Hanjiang Tower, I ate a quick meal and then went to study and rest.
Early the next morning, the people in the house were busy.
Mr. Han has returned to Jiangzhou. He originally returned to his hometown to retire. He stayed in the capital for a while because he was worried about Hanjiang Tower.
After getting married in Hanjiang Tower, he didn't stay there for long and went back soon.
Hanjianglou himself was the only person in the Han Mansion now, so he didn't care so much. He simply took his things and went directly to the Princess Mansion to celebrate the New Year with Dong Nuan's family.
On New Year's Eve, everyone in the house is very busy.
Of course, the masters do not need to do the kitchen or some cleaning work, but there are still some small preparations that everyone is willing to do.
Mrs. Dong Wu was eager to chop the dumpling fillings.
It turned out that several of the cooks could chop things faster than her, and even the rough-and-tumble girl who cooked the fire was better at cooking than her, so she went back to isolation.
Then, he silently picked up the wool felt.
This is all she has left now.
Dong Sanchun was happy and at ease. He was not a very diligent person originally. If Dong Nuan hadn't been chasing after him, he would still be working in the fields now.
At this moment, he was not carving anything, but was listening to Dong Yao's endorsement.
This chapter has been completed!