Yuan Yan was dressed as a young boy in green clothes, with her handsome little face under a turban and folded hat. Under the reflection of the tall wind lanterns on both sides, it glowed like fine porcelain. Her eyes were extra-deep, like stars in the lead-blue night sky;
The three people accompanying him were all maids who went out of the palace in disguise.
Lin Fu said, "Why did you sneak out of the palace again?"
"There are lantern markets all along the street tonight, but Mr. Lin is still sitting in the Privy Council until now. It's really boring." The guards dispersed, and Yuan Yan came over, standing in front of the car with her hands behind her hands, like a young and handsome young man, with her head held high.
said.
Lin Fu laughed and said, "If you sneak out of the palace and let the Queen Mother know about it, you will inevitably be punished, but no one will intercede for you."
"The Queen Mother had wine at the banquet and went back to the palace to sleep. If Mr. Lin didn't complain, who would have known that I was leaving the palace?" Yuan Yan said, staring at Lin Fu nervously, "Does Mr. Lin want to rush?
Shall I go back to the palace?"
Lin Fu shook his head and smiled and said: "There is no peace in the city. How can you four girls be deceived by the people in the market? Be careful not to be kidnapped and sold into the nooks and crannies of the ravine where the sky will not answer you. Cry.
The earth is not working! If you want to see the lights, take my car and take me back to Chenyuan!" He stretched out his hand to pull Yuan Yan into the car. Yuan Yanjun's face was slightly red, but it was not obvious under the lights.
My face felt hot, so I asked Lin Fu to hold it with his rough hands. My heart was beating loudly. I sat down next to Lin Fu and asked the three waitresses to get in the car.
The carriage was spacious, which made it convenient for Lin Fu to discuss matters with the generals on the road at any time. Yuan Yan and Lin Fu sat side by side, and the three female waitresses sat side by side, so they didn't feel crowded at all.
Yuan Yan's heart tightened, and she subconsciously started talking more. When the cavalry surrounded the carriage and continued to move forward, she asked Lin Fu: "I heard from the procurement department that there are particularly many marquees in the lantern market this year, and Mr. Lin especially likes it."
He even summoned a lanternmaker to the house to inquire about the making of lanterns. Is this rumor true or false?"
"Ah..." Lin Fu was slightly startled. Every move of the Duke of Chongguo Palace was now under the attention of the citizens, and this was not the only thing that spread rumors. He just smiled and said, "It does happen, it's just a lamp.
I don’t have time to look at the city scene!”
"Are you worried about the war in Guanzhong?" Yuan Yan asked. Seeing the confusion on Lin Fu's face, she explained, "I heard that you only asked the military planes in the north for the rest of the month. You also left the banquet tonight and did not return home.
After being delayed so late in the Privy Council, Yuan Yan guessed that Mr. Lin was worried about the war in Guanzhong."
"It's not a big deal," Lin Fu said with a smile, "I'm used to worrying blindly."
Lin Fu and Yuan Yan chatted casually. After arriving at Chenyuan, they got off the car and asked Yuan Yan to take his carriage to the Lantern Festival.
Gu Junxun, Liu Yuer, and Sun Wenwan each took their children out of the house to visit the lantern market. Only Su Mei was pregnant. She was afraid of the cold wind these days, so she stayed at the house instead of going to the lantern market. Xiaoman stayed with her.
Talking in the house, playing with Lin Fu's second son in the Nuan Pavilion.
Seeing Lin Fu coming back, Su Mei asked: "I heard that the banquet in the palace ended long ago. Seeing that you haven't returned yet, I thought you would stay in the Privy Council until midnight, and I didn't wait for you to come back..."
Looking at Su Mei, the Xiaoman sisters were teasing the second son to talk. Lin Fu took off his fur coat, put on a short double-breasted jacket, squeezed onto the soft couch, sat down on the couch, picked up the second son, and put him on the couch.
Belly, watching him stomping around, talked to Su Mei and Xiaoman: "The war in the north is tense. Shangrao must fight a tough battle. I don't know how many lives will be taken. I won't be able to rest for the next one or two years...
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"You are so tired, take a shower and rest!" Su Mei said.
"Aren't I just resting when I'm with you?" Lin Fu held his second son's little feet and teased him to step on him. He then reached out to touch Su Mei's slightly bulging belly under her jacket and asked, "How about that?"
Are you vomiting badly?"
"If you have a conscience to ask, my sister will feel much better." Xiaoman smiled, got into Lin Fu's arms, lay on his waist, and placed her two-year-old son between her, Su Mei, and Lin Fu.
On the brocade mattress in the room. It was just that the child was very active by nature, so it was difficult for him to sit properly among the three adults. After a while, he struggled to get down on the bed and asked the maid to take him out to play.
"The situation in the north is getting tighter and will not develop as we expected. In order to be prepared in advance, the war in the south must end early. The main force of the Changshan Army will go south in the next two days." Lin Fu put his hand on Xiaoman.
With a smooth and fair face, he was talking to the two girls.
"Do you also want to go south to supervise the war?" Su Mei asked.
"My role is to boost morale," Lin Fu said mockingly, "but the war is hard and morale is easy to lose, so we also need to boost morale..."
Today, there is no need for Lin Fu to charge into the battle. On the outskirts of Shangrao, as the main force of the Changshan Army has also been mobilized, the Huaidong Army has an absolute advantage in strength. It is difficult to defeat the battle. The key is whether it can successfully defeat the She family in Shangrao.
The defense line was broken through, but Lin Fu went to the front line to supervise the battle. Su Mei always had worries in her heart, but she smiled gently and would not tie Lin Fu to Jiangning because of the love between her children, and said: "The current situation in Jiangning
It's stable now, and there's no need for Sister Song to keep an eye on you in the palace. Asking Sister Song to accompany you to Quzhou can take care of your worries and take care of your daily life..."
After Gu Junxun gave birth to Zhengjun, she had been unable to conceive. Lin Fu didn't want to have so many children that he couldn't even remember their names. The other girls deliberately chose to have sex during their menstrual cycles, but Liu Yuer, Sun Wenwan, and Xiaoman all had them.
The children had to be taken care of, and Su Mei was pregnant. Besides Song Jia, no one could accompany him to Quzhou to take care of Lin Fu's life.
"Sister Song can go, but the three little goblins around Sister Song can't go..." Xiaoman said.
Su Mei smiled and pinched Xiaoman's cheek. Lin Fu laughed. He was now thick-skinned and said, "Now there is really no need for Song Jia to keep an eye on the palace..."
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has been completely weakened. Zhang Yan and the palace are restrained by Liu Zhi. Many of the internal officials appointed by the Queen Mother and Emperor Yongxing are the eyes and ears of the Privy Council. The most important thing is that Jiangning's defense is completely under the control of the Privy Council.
If others want to stir up trouble, it will be difficult for them to do anything.
While chatting with Su Mei and Xiaoman, Lin Fu was planning the personnel arrangements for following him south to supervise the war and staying behind in Jiangning. After a while, he heard the noise in the outer courtyard. It was Gu Junxun and the other girls talking and laughing outside and heading this way.
Come.
Xiao Man and Su Mei sat up straight and got off the soft couch. They didn't want others to see them and Lin Fu Ni sitting on a soft couch, so they went to the yard first. Lin Fu listened to Yuan Yan's words, and then got down and left.
When I went out, I saw Yuan Yan talking to the girls in the yard and asked, "Is the lantern market closed so early?"
"It's thanks to Mr. Lin's carriage," Yuan Yan said, "Jianghu Street has the most colorful lights, but as soon as the carriage arrived at Jianghu Street, people recognized it, and residents all over the street came out to thank them. It was frightening.
Yuan Yan didn't dare to show her face, so she could only retreat. By chance, she met Sister Junxun and the others, and they came to Chen Yuan as guests. Mr. Lin won't be in a hurry to drive Yuan Yan back to the palace, right?"
This morning, Emperor Yongxing issued an edict from the Yuan Dynasty, and the Privy Council issued an order at the same time, officially abolishing the old craftsman household system.
Traditional craftsmen's households under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry and prefectures and counties will all be classified as urban households, and restrictions on craftsmen's households in terms of enrollment, imperial examinations, official service, business, migration, marriage, property retention, etc. will be abolished.
Although it is not yet possible to say that the base system has been completely abolished, it is still a huge progress compared to the past. It clears the way for the development of industry, mining, commerce and other industries, as well as the development of new craftsmanship, and also solves Lin Fu's most important concern.
In the Yue Dynasty, the household registers were divided into detailed categories, including miners, craftsmen, stations, tenants, music, temples, merchants, etc. Under the craftsmen's households, there were also kitchen servants, tailors, horse boats, gold and iron, weaving and dyeing, salt stoves, etc.
The subdivisions of kilns, mines, mud tiles, etc. are clearly separated from each other. They are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry and the Inner Palace. Households are separated by registration. It is forbidden to combine households with additional registrations. They can be inherited by descendants without transfer.
The traditional craftsman household system provides certain conveniences for government-run manufacturing and other affairs.
In the early years, the Longjiang Shipyard was established by transferring 400 shipowners from various places. At its largest scale, it developed to more than 2,000 shipowners, and shipbuilding was flourishing in the world. Due to the stable craftsmanship system, craftsmanship such as shipbuilding can be passed down from generation to generation.
Passed down from generation to generation.
However, the closed craftsman household system makes it difficult for ordinary people to learn a craft. At the same time, in addition to having to bear additional corvee duties, traditional craftsmen are also subject to strict restrictions on marriage, scientific research, property retention, etc.
The restriction is truly a low-level status that is inferior to the "people", so that the children of ordinary people will not easily marry or enter the family status unless absolutely necessary.
It is also strictly prohibited to transfer registrations between different types of work. No matter how good the porcelain-making skills are, the children of the iron-casting households cannot be transferred to the kiln households at will.
At the same time, craftsmen's households were controlled by the government, and merchants who wanted to recruit craftsmen were subject to strict restrictions - all of which seriously restricted the development of industry, mining, commerce, and private workshops, especially the restrictions on enrollment and imperial examinations, which severely restricted craftsmen.
The development of miscellaneous arts.
Lin Fu has been developing craftsmanship and miscellaneous studies for the past ten years. In Chongzhou, he has already overturned the restrictions on enrollment and official employment for craftsmen. The material security received by craftsmen is also higher than that of ordinary households; as of last year,
The Privy Council also took over the management of craftsmanships under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry, the Department of Salt and Iron, and the Department of Internal Affairs Supervision, thus clearing the way for today's complete abolition of craftsmen's households.
Perhaps Lin Fu's considerations are more macroscopic, but this year's Lantern Festival is indeed an unforgettable grand festival for nearly 30,000 craftsmen in Jiangning.
Except for the stubborn ones, the abolition of the craftsman household system did not affect the interests of the traditional gentry class. It also cleared obstacles in hiring workers and other aspects for the development of the emerging industrial and commercial class that had become a powerful force in Jiangning.
While abolishing the craftsmanship system, the Privy Council also issued a series of laws such as the "Official Construction Recruitment Compensation Order", the "Reward Labor Order", and the "Promotion of Practical Skills Development and Monopoly Protection Order", which directly protected the emerging industrial and commercial classes.
The interests further consolidated the Privy Council's control over Jiangning and Jianghuai areas.
Before the Northern Expedition, Lin Fu couldn't wait to abolish the craftsman household system and promulgate new laws to reward industry and commerce. This was mainly because the world was broken and the traditional gentry class was severely suppressed, while the emerging craftsman and merchant class were relatively strong, including those in Jiangnan.
The rich gentry in the area who were engaged in weaving and dyeing trade were also supporters of the new law.
When the world is finally settled, perhaps in addition to its greater personal power and status, the emerging class will be at a disadvantage compared to the traditional gentry class, which is not conducive to the introduction of the New Deal.
Only after this was done, and there would be no recurrence, could Lin Fu leave Jiangning with peace of mind and go to Quzhou to supervise the war.
Yuan Yan only stayed in Chen Yuan for a moment before returning to the palace. Lin Fu and Gu Junxun and the other girls talked about going to the southern front to supervise the war.
Although Lin Fu is busy with everything in Jiangning, he can be seen every day after all. Now that he is going to Quzhou to supervise the battle, he doesn't know when he will return, and the girls are reluctant to leave him.