Snowflakes were flying outside the window, and the interior and exterior of the Beilu small courtyard were covered with a light layer of snow. The deep and shallow traces on the bluestone seemed like a few light strokes drawn on plain white rice paper.
Chongzhou is not a place with severe cold, and there is no snow in winter. This year’s snow is considered early.
Xiaoman wore a bright red wedding dress and sat in front of the window. He cried a bit first. His eyes were as red and swollen as peach. Su Mei smiled and said: "It's such a happy event. You keep crying, but I feel wronged. Don't cry anymore."
If you cry any more, you will no longer be a beautiful bride."
"Sister, can't you stay in Chongzhou?" Xiaoman asked, wiping his face, "What if you weren't in Chongzhou and I was bullied by others?"
"You have always bullied others, how could someone bully you?" Su Mei smiled, hugged Xiaoman gently in her arms, and said, "I can't stay in Chongzhou now, but you are in Chongzhou, so I can
rest assured……"
"It's always not as good as yours in Chongzhou," Xiaoman asked with melancholy and puzzlement, "The She family can only live in one house, so why can't my sister stay in Chongzhou?"
"It's not that simple," Su Mei said softly, "Anyway, Chongzhou is prospering and my life in Jiangning is comfortable, so there is nothing to worry about?"
For Emperor Chongguan, appointing Prince Ning to control the southeast was a risky move. Even if Zhang Xie's son Zhang Xitong was appointed as the head of Prince Ning's palace, it would still be difficult to reassure him. He also had to prevent the local forces in Jiangdong County from completely falling to Ning.
king.
The local forces in Jiangdong County are mainly divided into two factions, one is the Wu Party and the other is the Dongyang Clan.
It can be said that Tang Haoxin's death was caused by many forces, but without Emperor Chongguan's instruction, Zhang Xitong followed King Ning south, and Zhang Yan would not act as a thug. In addition to compromising with the Liang family and exchanging Shandong for the Liang family's troops, Emperor Chongguan
It's not like he didn't want to eliminate the possibility of Gu Wuchen and Lin Fu turning to Prince Ning.
In the later period of the Huaisi War, Emperor Chongguan wrote an edict in his handwriting and appointed Lin Fu as the envoy to Huaidong. The thinking here was complicated. He was not thinking about using Huaidong to contain the Liang family. Maybe he was not completely relieved about Yue Lengqiu.
Thoughts——All these are the emperor's tricks. At least for now, Emperor Chongguan still regards Huaidong as a useful chess piece in his hand.
The Sumen grievance involves the abolition of three generations of emperors, which will directly deny the legitimacy of Delong and Chongguan's second emperor's entry into Longting. Will Emperor Chongguan still regard Huaidong as a useful chess piece?
It was less than two years since Lin Fu entered Chongzhou before he took control of one county in Chongzhou. Although he was appointed as an envoy to Huaidong, he still had no influence on the thirteen counties of Huaidong. He was eleven generations after the She family and established himself in Jin'an.
The foundation is far from comparable.
There was the sound of footsteps in the yard, and Song Jia opened the curtain and came in. She was wearing a fox fur coat, and her flawless white fur made her face extra charming. She looked at Xiao Man with her eyes red from crying, and said with a smile: "I'm eager to get married. This
Why are you feeling aggrieved all of a sudden?"
"Who was wronged?" Xiaoman pouted and said.
"If there is no grievance, the sedan chair is ready outside. Let's go up the mountain?" Song Jia smiled sweetly and said to Su Mei, "We have also prepared a sedan chair for Miss Su. The seventh lady invited Miss Su to go up the mountain to get together. At the foot of the mountain
It’s very deserted.”
"Thank you for your hard work Song Dian Shu." Su Mei said.
"If Miss Su wants to stay in Chongzhou, I won't be able to take on the position of internal secretary." Song Jia said this seemingly unintentionally.
"Song Dianshu is joking, how could I stay in Chongzhou?" Su Mei said lightly.
Song Jia didn't try any more rude probings and just gave up. She always felt that Su Mei's identity was not simple. She secretly thought that if Su Mei stayed in Chongzhou, she might not be willing to be a concubine, and she wouldn't be able to compete for the position of his wife. Lin Fu promised her
It would be appropriate to be a female official.
The Huaidong system was almost finalized, and the post of Nei Dian Shu was semi-formally set up for Song Jia, and she was also officially used as his assistant. The position of Nei Dian Shu was related to the role of women in later generations.
Secretary and female assistant are similar, but unfortunately they don't enjoy the leisure of "secretaries do things when they have something to do".
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It's already a slight cold season, and after today, it will be the ninth cold winter.
Xiaoman's entry into the Lin family as a concubine was a matter of course, but everything was in order to get married, so today was chosen to be a grand ceremony; it was just inconvenient to do anything arrogant.
To truly follow the etiquette of taking a concubine, Xiaoman walked into the Lin family today and had no chance to have sex. Instead, he had to wait in the eldest lady's room for three days in a row. He only watched and served, but did not participate until the fourth day.
Xu roommates.
This is the custom in the world of abstinence and propriety, respecting wives and disgraceful concubines.
Gu Junxun was a gentle-tempered person, and it was impossible for Lin Fu to wrong Xiaoman. Although there was no extravagant arrangement, it still followed the wedding etiquette.
Lin Fu walked into the room feeling slightly drunk. Without any instructions, the lady who was waiting quietly left and helped to close the door. Lin Fu took off the red scarf and looked at Xiaoman's bright and charming appearance under the red candle.
, the unruly little girl back then has now grown up, I feel sad in my heart.
Although they usually hug each other, kiss, and touch each other, they are short of the last step of becoming a wife, and they are extremely familiar with each other, but with Lin Fu staring at her under the candle, Xiaoman thought about it tonight.
She was ashamed to officially become a woman.
"Why are you flustered?" Lin Fu sat down next to Xiaoman, took her soft little hand, and twisted it gently. He looked at her slightly red and swollen but charming eyes and asked with a smile, "Why?
You are still crying, are you afraid that I will eat you?"
After being interrupted by Lin Fu, Xiaoman regained his composure. He reached out and touched Lin Fu's chin and asked him, "Do you miss your sister?"
"Yeah!" Lin Fu nodded.
"Then let your sister stay in Chongzhou," Xiaoman said willfully, "I will do whatever you want from now on..."
"Can you give me two years?" Lin Fu pulled Xiaoman into his arms. Xiaoman looked similar to Su Mei, but he was half a head shorter than Su Mei. He was the petite among the girls.
"Two years should be enough. Then I won't let you two sisters suffer any injustice..."
"You have to remember that this is what you promised me. In two years, you will not let your sister be wronged again." Xiaoman said.
"Of course. From now on, you will be the Su family of the Lin family and the young lady of Huaidong. You will also change your name and call me husband." Lin Fu smiled and asked again, "It's getting late.
, should we lie down and rest?”
"Whatever you want?" Xiaoman said shyly with a faint face.
Lin Fu saw that her face was as charming as a cloud, and she was as graceful and gentle as a woman, so he started to help her take off her clothes.
A large copper basin was burning in the outer compartment, which prevented the cold air from entering the inner compartment and was much warmer than outside the courtyard. Xiaoman was stripped naked, and her skin was as beautiful as white jade. Lin Fu touched her and teased her.
When Xiaoman's body was as moist as a stream, his face was as red as red pills, and his eyes were charming, Lin Fu was so fascinated that his heartbeat and blood surged.
Although Xiaoman has always been protected by Su Mei, the environment in which he grew up was very different from that of Gu Junxun, and he was less constrained by ethics and ethics in matters of sex. When his legs were spread apart, and his face was burning, Lin Fu stood up and reached down.
Pressing his lips, his vitals were hit, and an electric shock-like feeling penetrated from his buttocks straight into his heart. Xiaoman subconsciously clamped his legs around Lin Fu's waist, and wrapped his hands around Lin Fu passionately.
He stretched out his neck and timidly said: "Mr.... You are big there, so don't hurt Xiaoman... The seventh lady said that the first time it will hurt you to death."
Lin Fu didn't expect that Yingxiu would secretly teach Xiaoman this matter. Seeing her twisting under him, fearful and welcoming at the same time, it made him feel passionately. He reached over and hugged her tender and slippery body.
With his soft buttocks, he put it next to her ear and said, "Did Yingxiu ever say it's so tight..."
"Yeah!" Xiao Man said embarrassedly, his heart beating in a panic, but knowing that women were born to suffer this, he endured it and stabbed it with a real knife, feeling a sharp pain like a layer of flesh being torn apart.
Tears burst out. He tightened his body and hugged Lin Fu: "No, no, it hurts. You all lied to me. How can it be fun?"
Lin Fu leaned over and hugged Xiaoman, kissing her ear. Knowing that her body was tender, he was afraid of really hurting her, so he restrained his feelings and refused to go out or in. He turned over and let her lie on him with heartache.
, caressing her back and buttocks.
After surviving the severe pain, he eased down, but could not move. Xiao Man lay on Lin Fu's chest like a small animal, and fell asleep soon after. Xiao Man's body was not heavy, so Lin Fu could not move.
I followed her there, thinking about some random things, and distracted my mind. I don't know how long it took, but I fell asleep.
For three days in a row, although Lin Fu slept with Xiao Man, he did not dare to touch her. He tried to make love one after another, making Xiao Man completely become a woman, but Lin Fu was not able to play happily.
While secretly doing good deeds with Gu Yingxiu, Lin Fu told her about the hardships of having sex for three days. Gu Yingxiu sat in his arms like a lotus and said with a smile: "What kind of blessing has Xiaoman achieved in his life?
Let you pamper her so much?"
"Which one of you doesn't I like?" Lin Fu said, holding the plump breasts in his hands and squeezing them, asking her to turn her back and the two of them pursed their lips.
After kissing for a while, Gu Yingxiu asked Dan Rou again: "What are you going to do about Xiaoliu? You have ignited people's hearts, so you can't just sit back and do nothing. There are many women around you, so what are you greedy for?
People are so greedy..."
"I plan to set up a new school outside the county school. It will be located in Hecheng. Confucianism and miscellaneous studies will be taught. First, we will recruit some young boys from Chongzhou, Shanyang and other counties. The school will provide food and accommodation. I think those children from poor families who have no future will be able to
Come here, it won't be a problem to recruit enough people, it can be considered a start. In addition, all the children of the right age below the Huaidong Army must be sent to school..." Lin Fu said.
"Is it worth setting up a school to send Zhao Yi out of Chongzhou?" Gu Yingxiu asked.
"You're talking nonsense," Lin Fu gently bit Gu Ying's red lips, "Running a school is a serious matter. Whether it's going to sea or in a factory, you need a large number of people to recruit them.
In order to meet the temporary needs, but to maintain it for a long time, it is necessary to set up schools... First, we will run the general category, and then we will run them separately. Navigation school, military school, business school, engineering school, etc.
, we cannot let everyone who is educated and literate rush to become officials. Of course, those who can go to sea and manage ships and fleets, those who can lead troops to fight, those who can manage workshops, and those who can take care of shops, pick out some outstanding seeds.
, it’s no problem to be an official. Do you really think that there is much knowledge involved in being an official?”
"I heard from the old man that as an emperor, you should use your official position to win the hearts of the people in the world. If you do this and go to sea, do business, and work, won't you be afraid of losing the hearts of the people in the future?" Gu Ying
Xiu asked.
Lin Fu smiled slightly and said, "Let's talk about it then." He thought to himself that even Ying Xiu understands this truth, so why don't those top figures in the world understand it?
For thousands of years, a major factor in suppressing commerce, the sea, and industry was to ensure that the emperor's power was exclusive and the monarch's power was exclusive.
Once you open your mouth and engage in large-scale navigation, commerce and industry, people will be overwhelmed. How many people will willingly bow to the rule of kings and emperors?
Of course, as agricultural society collapsed and industrial production became more and more the focus of the empire, new trends of thought were bound to come, and social changes would follow.
At that point, even if the monarchy can barely maintain it, it will remain in a castle in the air.
But in this world, society was still dominated by agricultural production. With such a huge territory, a centralized imperial system was an effective means of maintaining social order.
The key is, in the imperial system, can we make an opening for the social changes that are destined to come in later generations and ease the impact on society when the changes come; or can we use several generations to actively cater to the new changes?